Plethysmography lung volumes/airway resistance at HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD
5324 ATASCOCITA RD, HUMBLE, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1811942238
$1,155.40
Cash price 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.
$1,155.40
Gross charge 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.
$69.32 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,039.86 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $69.32 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $69.32 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $69.32 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $69.32 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $69.32 | ↓ -94% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $150.20 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $150.20 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $150.20 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $150.20 | ↓ -87% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $161.76 | ↓ -86% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $161.76 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | CSN | $171.00 | ↓ -85% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $184.86 | ↓ -84% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $191.80 | ↓ -83% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $194.11 | ↓ -83% |
| Cigna | PPO | $219.53 | ↓ -81% |
| Oscar | HIX | $225.30 | ↓ -81% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $273.83 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $273.83 | ↓ -76% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $294.63 | ↓ -74% |
| Texas Athletic Network | Premier | $300.00 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $306.18 | ↓ -74% |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $315.42 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $370.88 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $370.88 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $370.88 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $395.15 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $395.15 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $395.15 | ↓ -66% |
| Humana | HMO | $397.49 | ↓ -66% |
| Humana | PPO | $397.49 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $404.39 | ↓ -65% |
| Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) | COMM | $404.39 | ↓ -65% |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $404.39 | ↓ -65% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $462.16 | ↓ -60% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $462.16 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $463.32 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $463.32 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $463.32 | ↓ -60% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $496.82 | ↓ -57% |
| Texas Athletic Network | PremierPlus | $500.00 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $500.29 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $500.29 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $500.29 | ↓ -57% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $519.93 | ↓ -55% |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $519.93 | ↓ -55% |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $519.93 | ↓ -55% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $592.25 | ↓ -49% |
| Texas Athletic Network | TexasCustomUC | $600.00 | ↓ -48% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $615.83 | ↓ -47% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $635.47 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $635.47 | ↓ -45% |
| BCBS | BAV | $653.00 | ↓ -43% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $693.24 | ↓ -40% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $693.24 | ↓ -40% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $693.24 | ↓ -40% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $751.01 | ↓ -35% |
| BCBS | PPO | $817.51 | ↓ -29% |
| BCBS | HMO | $817.51 | ↓ -29% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $817.51 | ↓ -29% |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $866.55 | ↓ -25% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $947.43 | ↓ -18% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $982.09 | ↓ -15% |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $982.09 | ↓ -15% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $982.09 | ↓ -15% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $982.09 | ↓ -15% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $1,039.86 | ↓ -10% |
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Plethysmography lung volumes/airway resistance at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $451.90 | $128.04 – $805.95 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $429.77 | $88.46 – $777.56 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $516.35 | $103.27 – $777.56 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $451.90 | $120.51 – $805.95 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $429.77 | $137.96 – $777.56 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $429.77 | $222.05 – $777.56 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $516.35 | $172.12 – $777.56 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $451.90 | $120.51 – $805.95 |