Methylprednisolone acetate 40 mg/ml suspension for injection 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.

$0.12 with Christus (USFHP) vs $42.26 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
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $0.12
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $0.12
United AllPayerAppendix $0.20
United SmallGroup $0.20
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $0.20
Cigna CSN $0.29
BCBS MyBlueHealth $0.30
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $0.31
Cigna PPO $0.37
BCBS EPOSOA $0.41
BCBS PPO $0.41
BCBS HMO $0.41
BCBS BAV $0.52
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $2.82
Superior Health Plan CHIP $2.82
Superior Health Plan STAR $2.82
Superior Health Plan STARKids $2.82
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $2.82
Aetna MCR $3.11
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $6.10
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $6.10
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $6.10
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $6.10
Amerigroup MGMCD $6.57
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $6.57
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $7.79
United OptionsPPO $7.89
Superior HMO $8.22
Superior EPO $8.22
Superior ValueHMO $9.30
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $11.13
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $11.13
Molina Healthcare HIX $12.68
CHC Harris Health Indigent $14.09
Humana PPO $14.98
Humana HMO $14.98
BCBS Traditional $16.43
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $20.19
United GlobalAppendix $21.13
Coventry National First Health COMM $25.02
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $25.82
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $25.82
Independent Medical System COMM $28.17
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $28.17
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $28.17
Coastal Comp COMM $30.52
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $35.21
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $37.56
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $38.50
USA Managed Care COMM $39.91
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $39.91
Physicians, INC COMM $39.91
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $39.91
Affiliated PPO COMM $42.26

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