Replace tunneled cv cath 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

$4,709.96

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.

$4,709.96

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.

$948.00 with Superior Health Plan vs $11,153.00 with Oscar — 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
Superior Health Plan CHIP $948.00 ↓ -80%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $948.00 ↓ -80%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $948.00 ↓ -80%
Superior Health Plan STAR $948.00 ↓ -80%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $948.00 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $951.41 ↓ -80%
Texas Health Network MCD $1,471.05 ↓ -69%
Amerigroup MGMCD $1,576.12 ↓ -67%
Aetna QHPExchange $1,579.00 ↓ -66%
United MGMCD $1,610.71 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $1,648.49 ↓ -65%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $1,651.18 ↓ -65%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $1,651.18 ↓ -65%
Molina Healthcare STAR $1,651.18 ↓ -65%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $1,651.18 ↓ -65%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $1,681.20 ↓ -64%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $1,681.20 ↓ -64%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $1,681.20 ↓ -64%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $1,681.20 ↓ -64%
Humana MCD $1,876.34 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,883.98 ↓ -60%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $1,894.96 ↓ -60%
Aetna NBPOS $2,098.00 ↓ -55%
Aetna NBHMO $2,098.00 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $2,115.00 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $2,119.48 ↓ -55%
Aetna COMMHMO $2,229.00 ↓ -53%
Aetna COMMPOS $2,229.00 ↓ -53%
Aetna NBPPO $2,299.00 ↓ -51%
Aetna COMMPPO $2,444.00 ↓ -48%
Coventry National First Health COMM $2,510.41 ↓ -47%
Aetna OONPOS $2,623.00 ↓ -44%
Aetna OONHMO $2,623.00 ↓ -44%
Aetna ASAHMO $2,832.00 ↓ -40%
Aetna ASAPOS $2,832.00 ↓ -40%
Aetna OONPPO $2,876.00 ↓ -39%
Cigna CSN $3,099.00 ↓ -34%
Aetna ASAPPO $3,106.00 ↓ -34%
WellMed MGMCR $3,187.73 ↓ -32%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $3,358.00 ↓ -29%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $3,532.47 ↓ -25%
Cigna PPO $3,993.00 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $4,003.47 ↓ -15%
United SmallGroup $4,183.00 ↓ -11%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $4,255.00 ↓ -10%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $4,340.00 ↓ -8%
Humana PPO $4,690.00 ↓ -0%
Humana HMO $4,690.00 ↓ -0%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $4,932.88 ↑ +5%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $4,988.00 ↑ +6%
BCBS BAV $5,431.71 ↑ +15%
BCBS HMO $5,736.55 ↑ +22%
Curative Administrators COMM $5,849.00 ↑ +24%
United AllPayerAppendix $5,976.00 ↑ +27%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $6,077.00 ↑ +29%
BCBS EPOSOA $6,235.38 ↑ +32%
BCBS PPO $6,706.50 ↑ +42%
Oscar HIX $11,153.00 ↑ +137%

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