Radiation handling 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

$1,326.36

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.

$1,326.36

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.

$28.37 with BCBS vs $1,127.41 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 $28.37 ↓ -98%
BCBS BAV $31.31 ↓ -98%
Aetna QHPExchange $33.98 ↓ -97%
Aetna NBHMO $45.17 ↓ -97%
Aetna NBPOS $45.17 ↓ -97%
Aetna NBPPO $45.17 ↓ -97%
BCBS EPOSOA $46.50 ↓ -96%
BCBS PPO $46.50 ↓ -96%
BCBS HMO $46.50 ↓ -96%
Aetna COMMHMO $48.05 ↓ -96%
Aetna COMMPOS $48.05 ↓ -96%
Aetna COMMPPO $48.05 ↓ -96%
Aetna OONHMO $56.50 ↓ -96%
Aetna OONPOS $56.50 ↓ -96%
Aetna OONPPO $56.50 ↓ -96%
Aetna ASAHMO $61.06 ↓ -95%
Aetna ASAPOS $61.06 ↓ -95%
Aetna ASAPPO $61.06 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $79.58 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $79.58 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $79.58 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $79.58 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $79.58 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $172.43 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $172.43 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $172.43 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $172.43 ↓ -87%
Humana PPO $266.25 ↓ -80%
Humana HMO $266.25 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $267.92 ↓ -80%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $338.22 ↓ -75%
Molina Healthcare HIX $358.12 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $362.10 ↓ -73%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $397.91 ↓ -70%
BCBS Traditional $464.23 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $530.54 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $530.54 ↓ -60%
United GlobalAppendix $596.86 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $706.95 ↓ -47%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $994.77 ↓ -25%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $1,061.09 ↓ -20%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $1,127.41 ↓ -15%

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