Liver imaging at HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD

5324 ATASCOCITA RD, HUMBLE, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1811942238

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published May 14, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$4,624.01

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$4,624.01

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$175.52 with Texas Health Network vs $4,161.61 with Affiliated PPO — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Texas Health Network MCD $175.52 ↓ -96%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $179.10 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $179.10 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup MGMCD $179.10 ↓ -96%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $179.10 ↓ -96%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $187.45 ↓ -96%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $187.45 ↓ -96%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $187.45 ↓ -96%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $187.45 ↓ -96%
United MGMCD $191.20 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare STAR $197.01 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $197.01 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $197.01 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $197.01 ↓ -96%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $202.45 ↓ -96%
Humana MCD $223.88 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STAR $277.44 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $277.44 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $277.44 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $277.44 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $277.44 ↓ -94%
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00 ↓ -94%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $310.16 ↓ -93%
BCBS BAV $392.99 ↓ -92%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↓ -89%
BCBS HMO $599.18 ↓ -87%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↓ -87%
BCBS EPOSOA $622.09 ↓ -87%
BCBS PPO $643.24 ↓ -86%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $767.59 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $776.83 ↓ -83%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $929.86 ↓ -80%
Aetna QHPExchange $957.00 ↓ -79%
United AllPayerAppendix $1,101.15 ↓ -76%
United SmallGroup $1,101.15 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,179.12 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $1,262.35 ↓ -73%
Aetna NBHMO $1,271.95 ↓ -72%
Aetna NBPPO $1,271.95 ↓ -72%
Aetna NBPOS $1,271.95 ↓ -72%
Aetna COMMPPO $1,353.05 ↓ -71%
Aetna COMMPOS $1,353.05 ↓ -71%
Aetna COMMHMO $1,353.05 ↓ -71%
Humana PPO $1,475.52 ↓ -68%
Humana HMO $1,475.52 ↓ -68%
Aetna OONPPO $1,590.95 ↓ -66%
Aetna OONPOS $1,590.95 ↓ -66%
Aetna OONHMO $1,590.95 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $1,618.40 ↓ -65%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $1,618.40 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $1,618.40 ↓ -65%
Aetna ASAPPO $1,719.36 ↓ -63%
Aetna ASAPOS $1,719.36 ↓ -63%
Aetna ASAHMO $1,719.36 ↓ -63%
Curative Administrators COMM $1,849.60 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,849.60 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $1,988.32 ↓ -57%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $2,080.80 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $2,080.80 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $2,080.80 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $2,464.60 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $2,543.21 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $2,543.21 ↓ -45%
Independent Medical System COMM $2,774.41 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $2,774.41 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $2,774.41 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $3,005.61 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $3,468.01 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $3,791.69 ↓ -18%
USA Managed Care COMM $3,930.41 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $3,930.41 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $3,930.41 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $3,930.41 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $4,161.61 ↓ -10%

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