Morphine (pf) 0.25 mg/0.5 ml injection (neo/ped) - cnr 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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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.

$9.13 with BCBS vs $238.55 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
BCBS MyBlueHealth $9.13
BCBS PPO $12.58
BCBS HMO $12.58
BCBS EPOSOA $12.58
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $13.50
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $13.50
BCBS BAV $15.70
Superior Health Plan STAR $15.90
Superior Health Plan STARKids $15.90
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $15.90
Superior Health Plan CHIP $15.90
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $15.90
Aetna MCR $17.57
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $22.28
United AllPayerAppendix $22.28
United SmallGroup $22.28
Cigna CSN $26.11
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $28.27
Cigna PPO $33.66
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $34.46
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $34.46
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $34.46
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $34.46
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $37.11
Amerigroup MGMCD $37.11
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $44.00
United OptionsPPO $44.53
Superior EPO $46.39
Superior HMO $46.39
Superior ValueHMO $52.48
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $62.82
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $62.82
Molina Healthcare HIX $71.57
CHC Harris Health Indigent $79.52
BCBS Traditional $92.77
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $113.98
United GlobalAppendix $119.28
Coventry National First Health COMM $141.28
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $145.78
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $145.78
Independent Medical System COMM $159.04
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $159.04
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $159.04
Humana HMO $166.55
Humana PPO $166.55
Coastal Comp COMM $172.29
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $198.79
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $212.05
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $217.35
Physicians, INC COMM $225.30
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $225.30
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $225.30
USA Managed Care COMM $225.30
Affiliated PPO COMM $238.55

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