Pentobarbital sodium inj 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.

$59.83 with United vs $3,804.58 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
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $59.83
United AllPayerAppendix $59.83
United SmallGroup $59.83
BCBS MyBlueHealth $71.56
BCBS EPOSOA $98.58
BCBS HMO $98.58
BCBS PPO $98.58
BCBS BAV $123.04
Cigna CSN $130.37
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $141.14
Cigna PPO $168.07
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $253.64
Superior Health Plan CHIP $253.64
Superior Health Plan STAR $253.64
Superior Health Plan STARKids $253.64
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $253.64
Aetna MCR $280.27
Humana PPO $458.56
Humana HMO $458.56
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $549.55
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $549.55
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $549.55
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $549.55
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $591.82
Amerigroup MGMCD $591.82
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $701.73
United OptionsPPO $710.19
Superior HMO $739.78
Superior EPO $739.78
Superior ValueHMO $837.01
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $1,001.87
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $1,001.87
Molina Healthcare HIX $1,141.37
CHC Harris Health Indigent $1,268.19
BCBS Traditional $1,479.56
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,690.92
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $1,817.74
United GlobalAppendix $1,902.29
Coventry National First Health COMM $2,253.16
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $2,325.02
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $2,325.02
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $2,536.39
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $2,536.39
Independent Medical System COMM $2,536.39
Coastal Comp COMM $2,747.75
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $3,170.48
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $3,381.85
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $3,466.39
USA Managed Care COMM $3,593.21
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $3,593.21
Physicians, INC COMM $3,593.21
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $3,593.21
Affiliated PPO COMM $3,804.58

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Pentobarbital sodium inj at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $130.41 $59.83 – $458.56
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $295.43 $136.55 – $256.58
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA $1,983.56 $59.83 – $458.56
Covenant Medical Center Lubbock $890.74 $36.84 – $158.86
Ascension Seton Edgar B. Davis (Ascension Seton) Luling $152.91 $30.33 – $152.98
Ascension Seton Highland Lakes (Ascension Seton) Burnet $152.91 $30.33 – $152.98
Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin (Ascension Seton) Austin $138.96 $30.33 – $152.98
Ascension Seton Northwest (Ascension Seton) Austin $138.96 $30.33 – $152.98

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