Macroscopic exam parasite 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

$257.16

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.

$257.16

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.

$3.55 with Texas Health Network vs $231.44 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 $3.55 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $3.62 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $3.62 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $3.62 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $3.62 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $3.62 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $3.62 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $3.62 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $3.62 ↓ -99%
United MGMCD $3.69 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $3.91 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $3.98 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $3.98 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $3.98 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STAR $3.98 ↓ -98%
Oscar MGMCR $4.22 ↓ -98%
WellMed MGMCR $4.29 ↓ -98%
United SmallGroup $4.31 ↓ -98%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $4.31 ↓ -98%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $4.31 ↓ -98%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $4.31 ↓ -98%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $4.31 ↓ -98%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $4.31 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MGMCR $4.31 ↓ -98%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $4.31 ↓ -98%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $4.31 ↓ -98%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $4.31 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRPPO $4.31 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $4.31 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $4.31 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $4.31 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $4.31 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $4.31 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup DualEligible $4.31 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $4.31 ↓ -98%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $4.31 ↓ -98%
Aetna MCR $4.35 ↓ -98%
Van Lang IPA MCR $4.35 ↓ -98%
United MCR $4.40 ↓ -98%
WellCare SNP $4.44 ↓ -98%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $4.44 ↓ -98%
WellCare PFFS $4.44 ↓ -98%
WellCare MCRHMO $4.44 ↓ -98%
WellCare POS $4.44 ↓ -98%
WellCare PPO $4.44 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $4.53 ↓ -98%
Shared Health MGMCR $4.53 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $4.53 ↓ -98%
Humana MCD $4.53 ↓ -98%
American Health Plan MGMCR $4.53 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $4.53 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $4.53 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $4.53 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $4.53 ↓ -98%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $4.53 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $4.57 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $4.57 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $4.57 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $4.57 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $4.57 ↓ -98%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $4.66 ↓ -98%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $4.66 ↓ -98%
Molina MGMCR $4.70 ↓ -98%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $5.17 ↓ -98%
Verda Health Plan MCR $5.60 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice HIX $6.25 ↓ -98%
Superior ValueHMO $6.25 ↓ -98%
Superior HMO $6.68 ↓ -97%
Superior EPO $6.68 ↓ -97%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $8.19 ↓ -97%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $8.53 ↓ -97%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $8.71 ↓ -97%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $9.05 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare HIX $9.27 ↓ -96%
BCBS BAV $9.61 ↓ -96%
BCBS HMO $12.02 ↓ -95%
Oscar HIX $12.46 ↓ -95%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $12.80 ↓ -95%
BCBS EPOSOA $12.89 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $13.04 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $13.04 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $13.04 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STAR $13.04 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $13.04 ↓ -95%
BCBS PPO $13.75 ↓ -95%
Aetna QHPExchange $15.81 ↓ -94%
Cigna CSN $18.14 ↓ -93%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $19.65 ↓ -92%
Aetna NBHMO $21.02 ↓ -92%
Aetna NBPOS $21.02 ↓ -92%
Aetna NBPPO $21.02 ↓ -92%
Aetna COMMHMO $22.34 ↓ -91%
Aetna COMMPOS $22.34 ↓ -91%
Aetna COMMPPO $22.34 ↓ -91%
Cigna PPO $23.38 ↓ -91%
Aetna OONPPO $26.24 ↓ -90%
Aetna OONHMO $26.24 ↓ -90%
Aetna OONPOS $26.24 ↓ -90%
Aetna ASAHMO $28.37 ↓ -89%
Aetna ASAPPO $28.37 ↓ -89%
Aetna ASAPOS $28.37 ↓ -89%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $42.69 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $43.20 ↓ -83%
Humana PPO $57.02 ↓ -78%
Humana HMO $57.02 ↓ -78%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $59.34 ↓ -77%
BCBS Traditional $76.07 ↓ -70%
Imagine Health PPO $90.01 ↓ -65%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $90.01 ↓ -65%
United GlobalAppendix $97.81 ↓ -62%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $110.58 ↓ -57%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $115.72 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $115.72 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $115.85 ↓ -55%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $141.44 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $141.44 ↓ -45%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $154.30 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $154.30 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $154.30 ↓ -40%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $163.01 ↓ -37%
Coastal Comp COMM $167.15 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $184.75 ↓ -28%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $210.87 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $218.59 ↓ -15%
USA Managed Care COMM $218.59 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $218.59 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $231.44 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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