Pituitary evaluation panel 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.

$477.02 with Texas Health Network vs $7,740.95 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
Texas Health Network MCD $477.02
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $486.76
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $486.76
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $486.76
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $486.76
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $486.76
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $486.76
Amerigroup MGMCD $486.76
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $486.76
United MGMCD $496.50
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $525.70
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $535.44
Molina Healthcare CHIP $535.44
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $535.44
Molina Healthcare STAR $535.44
Oscar MGMCR $567.89
WellMed MGMCR $576.58
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $579.48
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $579.48
Amerigroup DualEligible $579.48
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $579.48
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $579.48
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $579.48
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $579.48
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $579.48
United SmallGroup $579.48
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $579.48
CHC Harris Health Indigent $579.48
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $579.48
BCBS MCRPPO $579.48
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $579.48
Devoted Health MGMCR $579.48
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $579.48
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $579.48
United AllPayerAppendix $579.48
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $579.48
Aetna MCR $584.41
Van Lang IPA MCR $585.27
United MCR $591.07
WellCare PFFS $596.86
WellCare MCRHMO $596.86
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $596.86
WellCare POS $596.86
WellCare SNP $596.86
WellCare PPO $596.86
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $608.45
Humana MCD $608.45
American Health Plan MGMCR $608.45
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $608.45
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $608.45
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $608.45
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $608.45
Superior Health Plan PFFS $608.45
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $608.45
Shared Health MGMCR $608.45
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $614.25
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $614.25
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $614.25
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $614.25
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $614.25
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $627.17
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $627.17
Molina MGMCR $631.63
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $695.38
Verda Health Plan MCR $753.32
Community Health Choice HIX $840.25
Superior ValueHMO $840.25
Superior HMO $898.19
Superior EPO $898.19
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $1,101.01
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $1,147.37
BCBS MyBlueHealth $1,170.55
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $1,216.91
Molina Healthcare HIX $1,245.88
BCBS BAV $1,292.24
BCBS HMO $1,616.75
Oscar HIX $1,674.70
BCBS EPOSOA $1,732.65
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,738.50
BCBS PPO $1,848.54
Aetna QHPExchange $2,122.73
Cigna CSN $2,383.66
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $2,581.85
Aetna NBPPO $2,822.96
Aetna NBHMO $2,822.96
Aetna NBPOS $2,822.96
Aetna COMMPOS $2,999.12
Aetna COMMHMO $2,999.12
Aetna COMMPPO $2,999.12
Cigna PPO $3,071.79
Aetna OONHMO $3,523.20
Aetna OONPOS $3,523.20
Aetna OONPPO $3,523.20
Aetna ASAPPO $3,809.46
Aetna ASAPOS $3,809.46
Aetna ASAHMO $3,809.46
Humana PPO $7,740.95
Humana HMO $7,740.95
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Pituitary evaluation panel at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas not published $521.53 – $2,231.00
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $477.02 – $2,383.66
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $486.76 – $2,383.66
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock not published $1,265.58 – $2,526.53
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $477.02 – $2,383.66
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $486.76 – $2,383.66
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $486.76 – $2,383.66
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $477.02 – $2,383.66

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