New Patient Office Visit (level 4) 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.

$52.49 with Superior Health Plan vs $743.61 with Multiplan — 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 CHIP $52.49
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $52.49
Superior Health Plan STARKids $52.49
Superior Health Plan STAR $52.49
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $52.49
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $113.73
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $113.73
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $113.73
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $113.73
United OptionsPPO $176.72
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $223.08
Molina Healthcare HIX $236.20
Evry Health BroadNetwork $238.83
CHC Harris Health Indigent $262.45
Aetna NBHMO $280.82
Aetna NBPOS $280.82
Aetna NBPPO $280.82
Aetna COMMPPO $299.19
Aetna COMMPOS $299.19
Aetna COMMHMO $299.19
BCBS Traditional $306.19
BCBS MyBlueHealth $306.96
Humana HMO $325.61
Humana PPO $325.61
BCBS BAV $338.44
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $349.93
Curative Administrators COMM $349.93
Aetna OONPOS $350.81
Aetna OONPPO $350.81
Aetna OONHMO $350.81
Aetna ASAPOS $378.80
Aetna ASAHMO $378.80
Aetna ASAPPO $378.80
United GlobalAppendix $393.67
BCBS EPOSOA $423.71
BCBS PPO $423.71
BCBS HMO $423.71
Coventry National First Health COMM $466.28
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $656.12
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $699.86
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $743.61

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New Patient Office Visit (level 4) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $820.97 $505.04 – $505.04
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $238.35 $82.00 – $681.00
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $261.63 $34.53 – $261.05
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $102.36 $94.25 – $565.49
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $238.35 $74.00 – $681.00
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $238.35 $74.00 – $681.00
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $261.63 $77.00 – $517.44
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $238.35 $74.00 – $681.00

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