Rbc osmotic fragility 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

$513.58

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.

$513.58

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.

$6.14 with Texas Health Network vs $462.22 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 $6.14 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $6.27 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $6.27 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $6.27 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $6.27 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $6.27 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $6.27 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $6.27 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $6.27 ↓ -99%
United MGMCD $6.40 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $6.77 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $6.90 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $6.90 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $6.90 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STAR $6.90 ↓ -99%
Oscar MGMCR $7.32 ↓ -99%
WellMed MGMCR $7.43 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $7.47 ↓ -99%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $7.47 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $7.47 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $7.47 ↓ -99%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $7.47 ↓ -99%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $7.47 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MGMCR $7.47 ↓ -99%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $7.47 ↓ -99%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $7.47 ↓ -99%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $7.47 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $7.47 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $7.47 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $7.47 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $7.47 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $7.47 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $7.47 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup DualEligible $7.47 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $7.47 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $7.47 ↓ -99%
Aetna MCR $7.53 ↓ -99%
Van Lang IPA MCR $7.54 ↓ -99%
United MCR $7.62 ↓ -99%
WellCare SNP $7.69 ↓ -99%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $7.69 ↓ -99%
WellCare PFFS $7.69 ↓ -99%
WellCare MCRHMO $7.69 ↓ -99%
WellCare POS $7.69 ↓ -99%
WellCare PPO $7.69 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $7.84 ↓ -98%
Shared Health MGMCR $7.84 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $7.84 ↓ -98%
Humana MCD $7.84 ↓ -98%
American Health Plan MGMCR $7.84 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $7.84 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $7.84 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $7.84 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $7.84 ↓ -98%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $7.84 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $7.92 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $7.92 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $7.92 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $7.92 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $7.92 ↓ -98%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $8.08 ↓ -98%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $8.08 ↓ -98%
Molina MGMCR $8.14 ↓ -98%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $8.96 ↓ -98%
Verda Health Plan MCR $9.71 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice HIX $10.83 ↓ -98%
Superior ValueHMO $10.83 ↓ -98%
Superior HMO $11.58 ↓ -98%
Superior EPO $11.58 ↓ -98%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $14.19 ↓ -97%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $14.79 ↓ -97%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $15.09 ↓ -97%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $15.69 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare HIX $16.06 ↓ -97%
BCBS BAV $16.66 ↓ -97%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $20.05 ↓ -96%
BCBS HMO $20.84 ↓ -96%
Oscar HIX $21.59 ↓ -96%
BCBS EPOSOA $22.34 ↓ -96%
BCBS PPO $23.83 ↓ -95%
Aetna QHPExchange $27.38 ↓ -95%
Cigna CSN $30.66 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $30.81 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $30.81 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $30.81 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $30.81 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $30.81 ↓ -94%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $33.21 ↓ -94%
Aetna NBHMO $36.41 ↓ -93%
Aetna NBPOS $36.41 ↓ -93%
Aetna NBPPO $36.41 ↓ -93%
Aetna COMMHMO $38.68 ↓ -92%
Aetna COMMPOS $38.68 ↓ -92%
Aetna COMMPPO $38.68 ↓ -92%
Cigna PPO $39.51 ↓ -92%
Aetna OONPPO $45.44 ↓ -91%
Aetna OONHMO $45.44 ↓ -91%
Aetna OONPOS $45.44 ↓ -91%
Aetna ASAHMO $49.13 ↓ -90%
Aetna ASAPPO $49.13 ↓ -90%
Aetna ASAPOS $49.13 ↓ -90%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $85.25 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $86.28 ↓ -83%
Humana HMO $89.27 ↓ -83%
Humana PPO $89.27 ↓ -83%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $140.21 ↓ -73%
Imagine Health PPO $179.75 ↓ -65%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $179.75 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $179.75 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $220.84 ↓ -57%
Averde Health Commercial $231.11 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $231.11 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $231.11 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $273.74 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $282.47 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $282.47 ↓ -45%
Independent Medical System COMM $308.15 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $308.15 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $308.15 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $333.83 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $385.19 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $421.14 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $436.54 ↓ -15%
USA Managed Care COMM $436.54 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $436.54 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $436.54 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $462.22 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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