Oth resp proc, indiv 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

$86.91

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.

$86.91

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.

$5.21 with Superior Health Plan vs $94.87 with Humana — 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 CHPFC $5.21 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $5.21 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $5.21 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $5.21 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $5.21 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $11.30 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $11.30 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $11.30 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $11.30 ↓ -87%
Oscar HIX $16.95 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $17.56 ↓ -80%
Aetna QHPExchange $23.03 ↓ -74%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $23.61 ↓ -73%
BCBS BAV $26.03 ↓ -70%
Aetna NBHMO $27.90 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPOS $27.90 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPPO $27.90 ↓ -68%
Aetna COMMHMO $29.72 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMPOS $29.72 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMPPO $29.72 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $30.42 ↓ -65%
BCBS PPO $32.59 ↓ -63%
BCBS EPOSOA $32.59 ↓ -63%
BCBS HMO $32.59 ↓ -63%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $34.76 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPOS $34.85 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONHMO $34.85 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPPO $34.85 ↓ -60%
Aetna ASAPPO $37.63 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPOS $37.63 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAHMO $37.63 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $39.11 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $46.32 ↓ -47%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $65.18 ↓ -25%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $73.87 ↓ -15%
Humana HMO $94.87 ↑ +9%
Humana PPO $94.87 ↑ +9%

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Oth resp proc, indiv at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $487.56 $23.61 – $94.87
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $67.20 $34.41 – $34.41
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING $339.63 $23.61 – $94.87
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $132.30 $14.73 – $978.00
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $105.35 $11.91 – $301.00
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $35.53 $20.08 – $670.00
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $105.35 $14.73 – $301.00
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $105.35 $14.73 – $301.00

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