Pretreat rbc absorption reference 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

$613.41

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.

$613.41

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.

$5.75 with Superior Health Plan vs $376.32 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
Superior Health Plan STARKids $5.75 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $5.75 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan STAR $5.75 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $5.75 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $5.75 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $12.47 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $12.47 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $12.47 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $12.47 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $13.42 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $13.42 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $15.92 ↓ -97%
United OptionsPPO $16.11 ↓ -97%
Oscar HIX $18.70 ↓ -97%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $22.73 ↓ -96%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $22.73 ↓ -96%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $24.45 ↓ -96%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $26.18 ↓ -96%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $33.56 ↓ -95%
Imagine Health PPO $33.56 ↓ -95%
BCBS Traditional $33.56 ↓ -95%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $33.84 ↓ -94%
United SmallGroup $33.84 ↓ -94%
United AllPayerAppendix $33.84 ↓ -94%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $38.36 ↓ -94%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $41.23 ↓ -93%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $43.15 ↓ -93%
Averde Health Commercial $43.15 ↓ -93%
United GlobalAppendix $43.15 ↓ -93%
Coventry National First Health COMM $51.11 ↓ -92%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $52.74 ↓ -91%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $52.74 ↓ -91%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $57.53 ↓ -91%
Independent Medical System COMM $57.53 ↓ -91%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $57.53 ↓ -91%
Coastal Comp COMM $62.33 ↓ -90%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $67.53 ↓ -89%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $71.92 ↓ -88%
BCBS BAV $74.55 ↓ -88%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $78.63 ↓ -87%
USA Managed Care COMM $81.51 ↓ -87%
Physicians, INC COMM $81.51 ↓ -87%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $81.51 ↓ -87%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $81.51 ↓ -87%
Affiliated PPO COMM $86.30 ↓ -86%
BCBS HMO $93.27 ↓ -85%
BCBS EPOSOA $99.96 ↓ -84%
BCBS PPO $106.64 ↓ -83%
Aetna QHPExchange $133.03 ↓ -78%
Cigna CSN $140.77 ↓ -77%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $152.47 ↓ -75%
Aetna NBPOS $176.92 ↓ -71%
Aetna NBPPO $176.92 ↓ -71%
Aetna NBHMO $176.92 ↓ -71%
Cigna PPO $181.41 ↓ -70%
Aetna COMMPOS $187.96 ↓ -69%
Aetna COMMHMO $187.96 ↓ -69%
Aetna COMMPPO $187.96 ↓ -69%
Aetna OONPOS $220.80 ↓ -64%
Aetna OONPPO $220.80 ↓ -64%
Aetna OONHMO $220.80 ↓ -64%
Aetna ASAPPO $238.74 ↓ -61%
Aetna ASAHMO $238.74 ↓ -61%
Aetna ASAPOS $238.74 ↓ -61%
Humana HMO $376.32 ↓ -39%
Humana PPO $376.32 ↓ -39%
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