Potassium serum/plasma/whole blood 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

$595.70

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.

$595.70

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.

$3.92 with Texas Health Network vs $536.13 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
Texas Health Network MCD $3.92 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $4.00 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $4.00 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $4.00 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $4.00 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $4.00 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $4.00 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $4.00 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $4.00 ↓ -99%
United MGMCD $4.08 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $4.32 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $4.40 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $4.40 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $4.40 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STAR $4.40 ↓ -99%
Oscar MGMCR $4.66 ↓ -99%
WellMed MGMCR $4.74 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $4.76 ↓ -99%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $4.76 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $4.76 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $4.76 ↓ -99%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $4.76 ↓ -99%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $4.76 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MGMCR $4.76 ↓ -99%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $4.76 ↓ -99%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $4.76 ↓ -99%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $4.76 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $4.76 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $4.76 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $4.76 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $4.76 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $4.76 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $4.76 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup DualEligible $4.76 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $4.76 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $4.76 ↓ -99%
Aetna MCR $4.80 ↓ -99%
Van Lang IPA MCR $4.81 ↓ -99%
United MCR $4.86 ↓ -99%
WellCare SNP $4.90 ↓ -99%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $4.90 ↓ -99%
WellCare PFFS $4.90 ↓ -99%
WellCare MCRHMO $4.90 ↓ -99%
WellCare POS $4.90 ↓ -99%
WellCare PPO $4.90 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $5.00 ↓ -99%
Shared Health MGMCR $5.00 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $5.00 ↓ -99%
Humana MCD $5.00 ↓ -99%
American Health Plan MGMCR $5.00 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $5.00 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $5.00 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $5.00 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $5.00 ↓ -99%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $5.00 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $5.05 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $5.05 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $5.05 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $5.05 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $5.05 ↓ -99%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $5.15 ↓ -99%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $5.15 ↓ -99%
Molina MGMCR $5.19 ↓ -99%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $5.71 ↓ -99%
Verda Health Plan MCR $6.19 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice HIX $6.90 ↓ -99%
Superior ValueHMO $6.90 ↓ -99%
Superior EPO $7.38 ↓ -99%
Superior HMO $7.38 ↓ -99%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $9.04 ↓ -98%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $9.42 ↓ -98%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $9.62 ↓ -98%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $10.00 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare HIX $10.23 ↓ -98%
BCBS BAV $10.61 ↓ -98%
BCBS HMO $13.28 ↓ -98%
Oscar HIX $13.76 ↓ -98%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $13.80 ↓ -98%
BCBS EPOSOA $14.23 ↓ -98%
BCBS PPO $15.18 ↓ -97%
Aetna QHPExchange $17.45 ↓ -97%
Cigna CSN $19.53 ↓ -97%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $21.15 ↓ -96%
Aetna NBPOS $23.20 ↓ -96%
Aetna NBPPO $23.20 ↓ -96%
Aetna NBHMO $23.20 ↓ -96%
Aetna COMMHMO $24.65 ↓ -96%
Aetna COMMPOS $24.65 ↓ -96%
Aetna COMMPPO $24.65 ↓ -96%
Cigna PPO $25.17 ↓ -96%
Aetna OONPPO $28.96 ↓ -95%
Aetna OONHMO $28.96 ↓ -95%
Aetna OONPOS $28.96 ↓ -95%
Aetna ASAPOS $31.31 ↓ -95%
Aetna ASAHMO $31.31 ↓ -95%
Aetna ASAPPO $31.31 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $35.74 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $35.74 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $35.74 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $35.74 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $35.74 ↓ -94%
Humana PPO $61.46 ↓ -90%
Humana HMO $61.46 ↓ -90%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $98.89 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $100.08 ↓ -83%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $162.63 ↓ -73%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $208.50 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $208.50 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $208.50 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $256.15 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $268.07 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $268.07 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $268.07 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $317.51 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $327.64 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $327.64 ↓ -45%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $357.42 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $357.42 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $357.42 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $387.20 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $446.77 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $488.47 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $506.35 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $506.35 ↓ -15%
USA Managed Care COMM $506.35 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $506.35 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $536.13 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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