Mayo dipstick analyte single step qualitative/semiqualitative synovial fluid 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

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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.

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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.

$7.94 with Texas Health Network vs $113.29 with Humana — 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 $7.94
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $8.10
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $8.10
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $8.10
Amerigroup MGMCD $8.10
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $8.10
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $8.10
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $8.10
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $8.10
United MGMCD $8.26
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $8.75
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $8.91
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $8.91
Molina Healthcare CHIP $8.91
Molina Healthcare STAR $8.91
Oscar MGMCR $9.45
WellMed MGMCR $9.59
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $9.64
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $9.64
United SmallGroup $9.64
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $9.64
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $9.64
United AllPayerAppendix $9.64
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $9.64
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $9.64
Devoted Health MGMCR $9.64
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $9.64
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $9.64
Amerigroup DualEligible $9.64
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $9.64
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $9.64
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $9.64
BCBS MCRPPO $9.64
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $9.64
CHC Harris Health Indigent $9.64
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $9.64
Aetna MCR $9.72
Van Lang IPA MCR $9.74
United MCR $9.83
WellCare PPO $9.93
WellCare MCRHMO $9.93
WellCare POS $9.93
WellCare PFFS $9.93
WellCare SNP $9.93
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $9.93
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $10.12
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $10.12
Superior Health Plan PFFS $10.12
Shared Health MGMCR $10.12
American Health Plan MGMCR $10.12
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $10.12
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $10.12
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $10.12
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $10.12
Humana MCD $10.13
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $10.22
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $10.22
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $10.22
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $10.22
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $10.22
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $10.43
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $10.43
Molina MGMCR $10.51
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $11.57
Verda Health Plan MCR $12.53
Superior ValueHMO $13.98
Community Health Choice HIX $13.98
Superior EPO $14.94
Superior HMO $14.94
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $18.32
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $19.09
BCBS MyBlueHealth $19.47
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $20.24
Molina Healthcare HIX $20.73
BCBS BAV $21.50
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $25.44
BCBS HMO $26.90
Oscar HIX $27.86
BCBS EPOSOA $28.82
BCBS PPO $30.75
Aetna QHPExchange $35.33
Cigna CSN $39.01
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $42.26
Aetna NBPOS $46.99
Aetna NBPPO $46.99
Aetna NBHMO $46.99
Aetna COMMHMO $49.92
Aetna COMMPPO $49.92
Aetna COMMPOS $49.92
Cigna PPO $50.28
Aetna OONHMO $58.64
Aetna OONPOS $58.64
Aetna OONPPO $58.64
Aetna ASAPOS $63.40
Aetna ASAHMO $63.40
Aetna ASAPPO $63.40
Humana PPO $113.29
Humana HMO $113.29
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