Reticulocyte direct measurement automated 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

$494.27

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.

$494.27

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.

$4.59 with Texas Health Network vs $355.00 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 $4.59 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $4.68 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $4.68 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $4.68 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $4.68 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $4.68 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $4.68 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $4.68 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $4.68 ↓ -99%
United MGMCD $4.77 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $5.05 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $5.15 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $5.15 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $5.15 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STAR $5.15 ↓ -99%
Oscar MGMCR $5.46 ↓ -99%
WellMed MGMCR $5.54 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $5.57 ↓ -99%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $5.57 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $5.57 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $5.57 ↓ -99%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $5.57 ↓ -99%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $5.57 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MGMCR $5.57 ↓ -99%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $5.57 ↓ -99%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $5.57 ↓ -99%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $5.57 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $5.57 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $5.57 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $5.57 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $5.57 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $5.57 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $5.57 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup DualEligible $5.57 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $5.57 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $5.57 ↓ -99%
Aetna MCR $5.62 ↓ -99%
Van Lang IPA MCR $5.63 ↓ -99%
United MCR $5.68 ↓ -99%
WellCare SNP $5.74 ↓ -99%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $5.74 ↓ -99%
WellCare PFFS $5.74 ↓ -99%
WellCare MCRHMO $5.74 ↓ -99%
WellCare POS $5.74 ↓ -99%
WellCare PPO $5.74 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $5.85 ↓ -99%
Shared Health MGMCR $5.85 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $5.85 ↓ -99%
Humana MCD $5.85 ↓ -99%
American Health Plan MGMCR $5.85 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $5.85 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $5.85 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $5.85 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $5.85 ↓ -99%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $5.85 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $5.90 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $5.90 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $5.90 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $5.90 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $5.90 ↓ -99%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $6.03 ↓ -99%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $6.03 ↓ -99%
Molina MGMCR $6.07 ↓ -99%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $6.68 ↓ -99%
Verda Health Plan MCR $7.24 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice HIX $8.08 ↓ -98%
Superior ValueHMO $8.08 ↓ -98%
Superior HMO $8.63 ↓ -98%
Superior EPO $8.63 ↓ -98%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $10.58 ↓ -98%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $11.03 ↓ -98%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $11.25 ↓ -98%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $11.70 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare HIX $11.98 ↓ -98%
BCBS BAV $12.42 ↓ -97%
BCBS HMO $15.54 ↓ -97%
Oscar HIX $16.10 ↓ -97%
BCBS EPOSOA $16.65 ↓ -97%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $16.72 ↓ -97%
BCBS PPO $17.77 ↓ -96%
Aetna QHPExchange $20.39 ↓ -96%
Cigna CSN $22.30 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $23.67 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $23.67 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $23.67 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STAR $23.67 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $23.67 ↓ -95%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $24.15 ↓ -95%
Aetna NBPPO $27.11 ↓ -95%
Aetna NBPOS $27.11 ↓ -95%
Aetna NBHMO $27.11 ↓ -95%
Cigna PPO $28.74 ↓ -94%
Aetna COMMHMO $28.81 ↓ -94%
Aetna COMMPOS $28.81 ↓ -94%
Aetna COMMPPO $28.81 ↓ -94%
Aetna OONHMO $33.84 ↓ -93%
Aetna OONPPO $33.84 ↓ -93%
Aetna OONPOS $33.84 ↓ -93%
Aetna ASAPOS $36.59 ↓ -93%
Aetna ASAHMO $36.59 ↓ -93%
Aetna ASAPPO $36.59 ↓ -93%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $65.48 ↓ -87%
United OptionsPPO $66.27 ↓ -87%
Humana HMO $74.44 ↓ -85%
Humana PPO $74.44 ↓ -85%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $107.68 ↓ -78%
Imagine Health PPO $138.05 ↓ -72%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $138.05 ↓ -72%
BCBS Traditional $138.05 ↓ -72%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $169.61 ↓ -66%
Averde Health Commercial $177.50 ↓ -64%
United GlobalAppendix $177.50 ↓ -64%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $177.50 ↓ -64%
Coventry National First Health COMM $210.24 ↓ -57%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $216.94 ↓ -56%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $216.94 ↓ -56%
Independent Medical System COMM $236.66 ↓ -52%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $236.66 ↓ -52%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $236.66 ↓ -52%
Coastal Comp COMM $256.39 ↓ -48%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $295.83 ↓ -40%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $323.44 ↓ -35%
Physicians, INC COMM $335.27 ↓ -32%
USA Managed Care COMM $335.27 ↓ -32%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $335.27 ↓ -32%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $335.27 ↓ -32%
Affiliated PPO COMM $355.00 ↓ -28%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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