Pretreat rbc w enzyme 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

$72.59

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.

$72.59

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.

$4.36 with Superior Health Plan vs $904.08 with BCBS — 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 CHIP $4.36 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $4.36 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $4.36 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $4.36 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $4.36 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $9.44 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $9.44 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $9.44 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $9.44 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MGMCD $10.16 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $10.16 ↓ -86%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $12.05 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $12.20 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $14.16 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $17.20 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $17.20 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $18.51 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $19.82 ↓ -73%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $25.41 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $25.41 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $25.41 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $29.04 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $31.21 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $32.67 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $32.67 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $32.67 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $38.69 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $39.92 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $39.92 ↓ -45%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $43.55 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $43.55 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $43.55 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $47.18 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $54.44 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $59.52 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $61.70 ↓ -15%
USA Managed Care COMM $61.70 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $61.70 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $61.70 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $65.33 ↓ -10%
Aetna QHPExchange $88.69 ↑ +22%
Cigna CSN $93.40 ↑ +29%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $101.16 ↑ +39%
Aetna NBPOS $117.94 ↑ +62%
Aetna NBHMO $117.94 ↑ +62%
Aetna NBPPO $117.94 ↑ +62%
Cigna PPO $120.36 ↑ +66%
Aetna COMMPOS $125.30 ↑ +73%
Aetna COMMHMO $125.30 ↑ +73%
Aetna COMMPPO $125.30 ↑ +73%
Aetna OONPPO $147.20 ↑ +103%
Aetna OONHMO $147.20 ↑ +103%
Aetna OONPOS $147.20 ↑ +103%
Aetna ASAHMO $159.16 ↑ +119%
Aetna ASAPOS $159.16 ↑ +119%
Aetna ASAPPO $159.16 ↑ +119%
Humana PPO $252.11 ↑ +247%
Humana HMO $252.11 ↑ +247%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $291.26 ↑ +301%
United SmallGroup $291.26 ↑ +301%
United AllPayerAppendix $291.26 ↑ +301%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $572.49 ↑ +689%
BCBS BAV $632.00 ↑ +771%
BCBS HMO $790.71 ↑ +989%
BCBS EPOSOA $847.40 ↑ +1067%
BCBS PPO $904.08 ↑ +1145%
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