Replace afo soft interface 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

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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.

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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.

$28.52 with Oscar vs $223.83 with Humana — 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
Oscar MGMCR $28.52
WellMed MGMCR $28.95
Devoted Health MGMCR $29.10
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $29.10
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $29.10
Amerigroup DualEligible $29.10
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $29.10
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $29.10
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $29.10
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $29.10
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $29.10
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $29.10
BCBS MCRPPO $29.10
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $29.10
CHC Harris Health Indigent $29.10
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $29.10
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $29.10
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $29.10
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $29.10
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $29.10
Aetna MCR $29.35
Van Lang IPA MCR $29.39
United MCR $29.68
WellCare POS $29.97
WellCare MCRHMO $29.97
WellCare PPO $29.97
WellCare PFFS $29.97
WellCare SNP $29.97
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $29.97
American Health Plan MGMCR $30.56
Superior Health Plan PFFS $30.56
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $30.56
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $30.56
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $30.56
Shared Health MGMCR $30.56
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $30.56
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $30.56
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $30.56
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $30.85
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $30.85
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $30.85
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $30.85
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $30.85
Molina MGMCR $31.72
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $34.92
Verda Health Plan MCR $37.83
Community Health Choice HIX $42.20
Superior ValueHMO $42.20
Superior HMO $45.11
Superior EPO $45.11
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $55.29
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $57.62
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $61.11
Molina Healthcare HIX $62.56
Humana HMO $223.83
Humana PPO $223.83

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Replace afo soft interface at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $28.52 – $62.56
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $28.52 – $62.56
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $28.52 – $62.56
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $28.52 – $62.56
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $28.52 – $62.56
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $28.52 – $62.56
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $28.52 – $62.56
Covenant Medical Center Lubbock not published $29.10 – $30.70

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