Pressure velocity wire add ves 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

$1,905.13

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.

$1,905.13

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.

$114.31 with Superior Health Plan vs $5,000.00 with Averde Health — 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 STARPLUS $114.31 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $114.31 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $114.31 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $114.31 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $114.31 ↓ -94%
Aetna MCR $126.31 ↓ -93%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $247.67 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $247.67 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $247.67 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $247.67 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $266.72 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MGMCD $266.72 ↓ -86%
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00 ↓ -84%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $310.54 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $316.25 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $320.06 ↓ -83%
Superior EPO $333.40 ↓ -82%
Superior HMO $333.40 ↓ -82%
BCBS BAV $342.92 ↓ -82%
Superior ValueHMO $377.22 ↓ -80%
BCBS HMO $428.65 ↓ -78%
BCBS EPOSOA $438.18 ↓ -77%
BCBS PPO $445.80 ↓ -77%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $451.52 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $451.52 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $485.81 ↓ -74%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↓ -74%
Molina Healthcare HIX $514.39 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $520.10 ↓ -73%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $571.54 ↓ -70%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↓ -69%
BCBS Traditional $666.80 ↓ -65%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $666.80 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $762.05 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $819.21 ↓ -57%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $857.31 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $857.31 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,015.43 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $1,047.82 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $1,047.82 ↓ -45%
Humana HMO $1,078.51 ↓ -43%
Humana PPO $1,078.51 ↓ -43%
United SmallGroup $1,120.00 ↓ -41%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,143.08 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $1,143.08 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $1,143.08 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $1,238.33 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $1,428.85 ↓ -25%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $1,524.10 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,562.21 ↓ -18%
United AllPayerAppendix $1,600.00 ↓ -16%
Physicians, INC COMM $1,619.36 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $1,619.36 ↓ -15%
USA Managed Care COMM $1,619.36 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $1,619.36 ↓ -15%
Curative Administrators COMM $1,672.00 ↓ -12%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1,702.00 ↓ -11%
Affiliated PPO COMM $1,714.62 ↓ -10%
Oscar HIX $2,358.00 ↑ +24%
Averde Health Commercial $5,000.00 ↑ +162%

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