Microdissection manual 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

$1,408.74

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.

$1,408.74

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.

$84.52 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,284.01 with Aetna — 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
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $84.52 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $84.52 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $84.52 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $84.52 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $84.52 ↓ -94%
Aetna MCR $93.40 ↓ -93%
United AllPayerAppendix $180.05 ↓ -87%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $180.05 ↓ -87%
United SmallGroup $180.05 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $183.14 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $183.14 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $183.14 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $183.14 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $197.22 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MGMCD $197.22 ↓ -86%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $233.85 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $236.67 ↓ -83%
Superior EPO $246.53 ↓ -82%
Superior HMO $246.53 ↓ -82%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $262.80 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $274.70 ↓ -81%
Superior ValueHMO $278.93 ↓ -80%
BCBS BAV $290.12 ↓ -79%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $333.87 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $333.87 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $359.23 ↓ -74%
BCBS HMO $362.98 ↓ -74%
Molina Healthcare HIX $380.36 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $384.59 ↓ -73%
BCBS EPOSOA $389.00 ↓ -72%
BCBS PPO $415.02 ↓ -71%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $422.62 ↓ -70%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $493.06 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $493.06 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $493.06 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $563.50 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $605.76 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $633.93 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $633.93 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $633.93 ↓ -55%
Aetna QHPExchange $715.48 ↓ -49%
Cigna CSN $741.86 ↓ -47%
Coventry National First Health COMM $750.86 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $774.81 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $774.81 ↓ -45%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $803.54 ↓ -43%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $845.24 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $845.24 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $845.24 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $915.68 ↓ -35%
Aetna NBHMO $951.50 ↓ -32%
Aetna NBPPO $951.50 ↓ -32%
Aetna NBPOS $951.50 ↓ -32%
Cigna PPO $956.02 ↓ -32%
Humana HMO $999.98 ↓ -29%
Humana PPO $999.98 ↓ -29%
Aetna COMMPOS $1,010.88 ↓ -28%
Aetna COMMPPO $1,010.88 ↓ -28%
Aetna COMMHMO $1,010.88 ↓ -28%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $1,056.56 ↓ -25%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $1,126.99 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,155.17 ↓ -18%
Aetna OONHMO $1,187.52 ↓ -16%
Aetna OONPPO $1,187.52 ↓ -16%
Aetna OONPOS $1,187.52 ↓ -16%
USA Managed Care COMM $1,197.43 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $1,197.43 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $1,197.43 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $1,197.43 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $1,267.87 ↓ -10%
Aetna ASAHMO $1,284.01 ↓ -9%
Aetna ASAPPO $1,284.01 ↓ -9%
Aetna ASAPOS $1,284.01 ↓ -9%
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