Macro exam dissect molec study ea 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

$309.11

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.

$309.11

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.

$8.03 with United vs $262.74 with Multiplan — 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
United SmallGroup $8.03 ↓ -97%
United AllPayerAppendix $8.03 ↓ -97%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $8.03 ↓ -97%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $13.84 ↓ -96%
BCBS BAV $15.28 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $18.55 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $18.55 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $18.55 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $18.55 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $18.55 ↓ -94%
BCBS HMO $19.11 ↓ -94%
BCBS EPOSOA $20.48 ↓ -93%
BCBS PPO $21.85 ↓ -93%
Aetna QHPExchange $29.84 ↓ -90%
Cigna CSN $31.78 ↓ -90%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $34.42 ↓ -89%
Aetna NBHMO $39.68 ↓ -87%
Aetna NBPPO $39.68 ↓ -87%
Aetna NBPOS $39.68 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $40.18 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $40.18 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $40.18 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $40.18 ↓ -87%
Cigna PPO $40.96 ↓ -87%
Aetna COMMPPO $42.15 ↓ -86%
Aetna COMMPOS $42.15 ↓ -86%
Aetna COMMHMO $42.15 ↓ -86%
Aetna OONPOS $49.52 ↓ -84%
Aetna OONHMO $49.52 ↓ -84%
Aetna OONPPO $49.52 ↓ -84%
Aetna ASAHMO $53.54 ↓ -83%
Aetna ASAPPO $53.54 ↓ -83%
Aetna ASAPOS $53.54 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $60.28 ↓ -80%
Humana HMO $61.57 ↓ -80%
Humana PPO $61.57 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $62.44 ↓ -80%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $78.82 ↓ -75%
Molina Healthcare HIX $83.46 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $84.39 ↓ -73%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $92.73 ↓ -70%
BCBS Traditional $108.19 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $123.64 ↓ -60%
United GlobalAppendix $139.10 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $164.76 ↓ -47%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $231.83 ↓ -25%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $247.29 ↓ -20%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $262.74 ↓ -15%
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