MRA without cont, abd 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

$30,166.76

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.

$30,166.76

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.

$370.50 with Superior Health Plan vs $27,150.08 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
Superior Health Plan STARKids $370.50 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $370.50 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan STAR $370.50 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $370.50 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $370.50 ↓ -99%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $410.15 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $437.25 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $517.79 ↓ -98%
United SmallGroup $517.79 ↓ -98%
BCBS BAV $519.68 ↓ -98%
BCBS HMO $792.34 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $802.75 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $802.75 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $802.75 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $802.75 ↓ -97%
BCBS EPOSOA $822.63 ↓ -97%
BCBS PPO $850.60 ↓ -97%
United OptionsPPO $1,247.35 ↓ -96%
Aetna QHPExchange $1,636.38 ↓ -95%
Cigna CSN $1,740.00 ↓ -94%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $1,885.00 ↓ -94%
Aetna NBHMO $1,982.17 ↓ -93%
Aetna NBPOS $1,982.17 ↓ -93%
Aetna NBPPO $1,982.17 ↓ -93%
Aetna COMMPPO $2,111.85 ↓ -93%
Aetna COMMHMO $2,111.85 ↓ -93%
Aetna COMMPOS $2,111.85 ↓ -93%
BCBS Traditional $2,161.25 ↓ -93%
Cigna PPO $2,241.00 ↓ -93%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $2,470.00 ↓ -92%
Aetna OONHMO $2,476.18 ↓ -92%
Aetna OONPPO $2,476.18 ↓ -92%
Aetna OONPOS $2,476.18 ↓ -92%
Aetna ASAPOS $2,673.78 ↓ -91%
Aetna ASAHMO $2,673.78 ↓ -91%
Aetna ASAPPO $2,673.78 ↓ -91%
United GlobalAppendix $2,778.75 ↓ -91%
Coventry National First Health COMM $3,291.28 ↓ -89%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $4,223.35 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MGMCD $4,223.35 ↓ -86%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $4,631.25 ↓ -85%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $5,007.68 ↓ -83%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $5,248.75 ↓ -83%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $7,149.52 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $7,149.52 ↓ -76%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $12,971.71 ↓ -57%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $13,575.04 ↓ -55%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $16,591.72 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $16,591.72 ↓ -45%
Independent Medical System COMM $18,100.06 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $18,100.06 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $18,100.06 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $19,608.39 ↓ -35%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $24,736.74 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $25,641.75 ↓ -15%
USA Managed Care COMM $25,641.75 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $25,641.75 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $27,150.08 ↓ -10%

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MRA without cont, abd at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $2,050.65 $328.59 – $4,394.25
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $1,128.05 $279.65 – $3,223.00
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $618.90 $400.00 – $3,713.40
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $1,128.05 $328.59 – $3,223.00
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $1,128.05 $328.59 – $3,223.00
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA $10,285.86 $410.15 – $437.25
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $1,128.05 $328.59 – $3,223.00
St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital Lake Jackson $684.18 $293.22 – $977.40

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