Nushield 1 square cm 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.

$151.07 with Superior Health Plan vs $2,948.40 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 STARPLUS $151.07
Superior Health Plan CHIP $151.07
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $151.07
Superior Health Plan STAR $151.07
Superior Health Plan STARKids $151.07
United SmallGroup $209.78
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $209.78
United AllPayerAppendix $209.78
Aetna MCR $217.20
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $327.32
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $327.32
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $327.32
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $327.32
BCBS MyBlueHealth $410.41
BCBS BAV $453.21
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $458.64
Amerigroup MGMCD $458.64
United OptionsPPO $508.61
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $543.82
BCBS HMO $566.52
Superior EPO $573.30
Superior HMO $573.30
BCBS EPOSOA $579.11
BCBS PPO $589.18
Superior ValueHMO $648.65
Molina Healthcare HIX $679.82
CHC Harris Health Indigent $755.36
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $776.41
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $776.41
BCBS Traditional $881.25
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,007.14
Humana HMO $1,045.37
Humana PPO $1,045.37
United GlobalAppendix $1,133.03
Cigna CSN $1,282.60
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,342.01
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $1,388.60
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $1,408.68
Cigna PPO $1,653.60
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $1,801.80
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $1,801.80
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $1,888.39
Independent Medical System COMM $1,965.60
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $1,965.60
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,965.60
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $2,014.28
Coastal Comp COMM $2,129.40
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $2,140.17
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2,686.32
Physicians, INC COMM $2,784.60
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $2,784.60
USA Managed Care COMM $2,784.60
Affiliated PPO COMM $2,948.40

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