Pulmonary vent imaging 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

$9,999.52

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.

$9,999.52

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.

$172.90 with Texas Health Network vs $8,999.57 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 $172.90 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $176.43 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $176.43 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $176.43 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $176.43 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $183.78 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $183.78 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $183.78 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $183.78 ↓ -98%
United MGMCD $187.46 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STAR $194.07 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $194.07 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $194.07 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $194.07 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $198.48 ↓ -98%
Humana MCD $220.54 ↓ -98%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $296.84 ↓ -97%
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00 ↓ -97%
BCBS BAV $376.11 ↓ -96%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↓ -95%
BCBS HMO $573.44 ↓ -94%
BCBS EPOSOA $595.37 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $599.97 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $599.97 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $599.97 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $599.97 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $599.97 ↓ -94%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↓ -94%
BCBS PPO $615.61 ↓ -94%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $716.53 ↓ -93%
United AllPayerAppendix $848.52 ↓ -92%
United SmallGroup $848.52 ↓ -92%
Aetna QHPExchange $921.18 ↓ -91%
Aetna NBPPO $1,224.34 ↓ -88%
Aetna NBHMO $1,224.34 ↓ -88%
Aetna NBPOS $1,224.34 ↓ -88%
Aetna COMMPOS $1,302.40 ↓ -87%
Aetna COMMHMO $1,302.40 ↓ -87%
Aetna COMMPPO $1,302.40 ↓ -87%
Aetna OONPPO $1,531.39 ↓ -85%
Aetna OONPOS $1,531.39 ↓ -85%
Aetna OONHMO $1,531.39 ↓ -85%
Aetna ASAPPO $1,655.00 ↓ -83%
Aetna ASAPOS $1,655.00 ↓ -83%
Aetna ASAHMO $1,655.00 ↓ -83%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $1,659.92 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $1,679.92 ↓ -83%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $2,549.88 ↓ -74%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $2,729.87 ↓ -73%
Humana PPO $2,979.51 ↓ -70%
Humana HMO $2,979.51 ↓ -70%
Imagine Health PPO $3,499.83 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $3,499.83 ↓ -65%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $3,499.83 ↓ -65%
Curative Administrators COMM $3,999.81 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $3,999.81 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $4,299.79 ↓ -57%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $4,499.78 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $4,499.78 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $4,499.78 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $5,329.74 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $5,499.74 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $5,499.74 ↓ -45%
Independent Medical System COMM $5,999.71 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $5,999.71 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $5,999.71 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $6,499.69 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $7,499.64 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $8,199.61 ↓ -18%
USA Managed Care COMM $8,499.59 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $8,499.59 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $8,499.59 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $8,499.59 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $8,999.57 ↓ -10%

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