Pulse ox multiple 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

$415.64

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.

$415.64

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.

$10.11 with BCBS vs $353.29 with Multiplan — 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
BCBS MyBlueHealth $10.11 ↓ -98%
BCBS BAV $11.15 ↓ -97%
BCBS PPO $13.95 ↓ -97%
BCBS HMO $13.95 ↓ -97%
BCBS EPOSOA $13.95 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $24.94 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $24.94 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $24.94 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $24.94 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $24.94 ↓ -94%
Humana HMO $42.27 ↓ -90%
Humana PPO $42.27 ↓ -90%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $54.03 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $54.03 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $54.03 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $54.03 ↓ -87%
Cigna CSN $61.51 ↓ -85%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $66.50 ↓ -84%
Cigna PPO $78.97 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $81.05 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $83.96 ↓ -80%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $105.99 ↓ -74%
Aetna QHPExchange $110.14 ↓ -74%
Molina Healthcare HIX $112.22 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $113.47 ↓ -73%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $124.69 ↓ -70%
Aetna NBHMO $133.42 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPPO $133.42 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPOS $133.42 ↓ -68%
Aetna COMMPOS $142.15 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMHMO $142.15 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMPPO $142.15 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $145.47 ↓ -65%
Curative Administrators COMM $166.26 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $166.26 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONHMO $166.67 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPOS $166.67 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPPO $166.67 ↓ -60%
Aetna ASAPPO $179.97 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPOS $179.97 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAHMO $179.97 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $187.04 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $221.54 ↓ -47%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $311.73 ↓ -25%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $332.51 ↓ -20%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $353.29 ↓ -15%

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Pulse ox multiple at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $476.04 $16.63 – $16.63
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $194.33 $13.26 – $275.30
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $194.33 $13.05 – $291.49
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $194.33 $13.05 – $242.91
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $194.33 $10.11 – $275.30
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $194.33 $15.94 – $291.49
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $194.33 $100.40 – $291.49
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $194.33 $13.05 – $291.49

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