MRA chest wo IV cont at HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD
5324 ATASCOCITA RD, HUMBLE, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1811942238
$27,784.74
Cash price 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.
$27,784.74
Gross charge 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.
$410.15 with BCBS vs $25,006.27 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $410.15 | ↓ -99% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $437.25 | ↓ -98% |
| United | SmallGroup | $517.79 | ↓ -98% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $517.79 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS | BAV | $519.68 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS | HMO | $792.34 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $822.63 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS | PPO | $850.60 | ↓ -97% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $1,667.08 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $1,667.08 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $1,667.08 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $1,667.08 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $1,667.08 | ↓ -94% |
| Cigna | CSN | $1,740.00 | ↓ -94% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $1,885.00 | ↓ -93% |
| Cigna | PPO | $2,241.00 | ↓ -92% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $3,612.02 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $3,612.02 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $3,612.02 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $3,612.02 | ↓ -87% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $3,889.86 | ↓ -86% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $3,889.86 | ↓ -86% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $4,612.27 | ↓ -83% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $4,667.84 | ↓ -83% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $6,584.98 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $6,584.98 | ↓ -76% |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $7,362.96 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $8,918.90 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $8,918.90 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $8,918.90 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $9,502.38 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $9,502.38 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $9,502.38 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $9,724.66 | ↓ -65% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $11,113.90 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $11,141.68 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $11,141.68 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $11,141.68 | ↓ -60% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $11,947.44 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $12,030.79 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $12,030.79 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $12,030.79 | ↓ -57% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $12,503.13 | ↓ -55% |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $12,503.13 | ↓ -55% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $14,809.27 | ↓ -47% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $15,281.61 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $15,281.61 | ↓ -45% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $16,670.84 | ↓ -40% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $16,670.84 | ↓ -40% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $16,670.84 | ↓ -40% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $18,060.08 | ↓ -35% |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $20,838.56 | ↓ -25% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $22,783.49 | ↓ -18% |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $23,617.03 | ↓ -15% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $23,617.03 | ↓ -15% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $23,617.03 | ↓ -15% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $23,617.03 | ↓ -15% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $25,006.27 | ↓ -10% |
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MRA chest wo IV cont at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE | FRIENDSWOOD | $1,486.34 | $410.15 – $437.25 |
| HCA HOUSTON CONROE | CONROE | $6,654.79 | $410.15 – $437.25 |
| St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center | Pasadena | $1,654.38 | $328.59 – $3,545.10 |
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $1,205.05 | $279.65 – $3,443.00 |
| St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin | Lufkin | $633.75 | $400.00 – $3,802.50 |
| St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital | Spring | $1,205.05 | $328.59 – $3,443.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital | Sugar Land | $1,205.05 | $328.59 – $3,443.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST | PASADENA | $10,824.01 | $410.15 – $437.25 |