Revision tips 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

$19,202.12

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.

$19,202.12

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.

$300.00 with Texas Athletic Network vs $19,289.00 with Cigna — 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 Athletic Network Premier $300.00 ↓ -98%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↓ -97%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan STAR $948.00 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $948.00 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $948.00 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $948.00 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $948.00 ↓ -95%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $2,115.00 ↓ -89%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $2,496.28 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $2,496.28 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $2,496.28 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $2,496.28 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $2,688.30 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MGMCD $2,688.30 ↓ -86%
Aetna QHPExchange $2,854.00 ↓ -85%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $3,187.55 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $3,225.96 ↓ -83%
Aetna NBHMO $3,791.00 ↓ -80%
Aetna NBPOS $3,791.00 ↓ -80%
Aetna COMMHMO $4,027.00 ↓ -79%
Aetna COMMPOS $4,027.00 ↓ -79%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $4,255.00 ↓ -78%
Aetna NBPPO $4,278.00 ↓ -78%
Aetna COMMPPO $4,546.00 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $4,550.90 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $4,550.90 ↓ -76%
Humana PPO $4,690.00 ↓ -76%
Humana HMO $4,690.00 ↓ -76%
Aetna OONPOS $4,739.00 ↓ -75%
Aetna OONHMO $4,739.00 ↓ -75%
Aetna ASAHMO $5,119.00 ↓ -73%
Aetna ASAPOS $5,119.00 ↓ -73%
Aetna OONPPO $5,347.00 ↓ -72%
WellMed MGMCR $5,746.09 ↓ -70%
Aetna ASAPPO $5,777.00 ↓ -70%
BCBS Traditional $6,720.74 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $7,680.85 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $8,256.91 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $8,640.95 ↓ -55%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $8,817.96 ↓ -54%
BCBS BAV $9,709.66 ↓ -49%
Curative Administrators COMM $9,875.00 ↓ -49%
Coventry National First Health COMM $10,234.73 ↓ -47%
BCBS HMO $10,254.59 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $10,561.17 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $10,561.17 ↓ -45%
Oscar HIX $10,586.00 ↓ -45%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $10,949.00 ↓ -43%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $11,113.00 ↓ -42%
BCBS EPOSOA $11,146.30 ↓ -42%
United SmallGroup $11,200.00 ↓ -42%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $11,521.27 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $11,521.27 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $11,521.27 ↓ -40%
BCBS PPO $11,988.46 ↓ -38%
Coastal Comp COMM $12,481.38 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $14,401.59 ↓ -25%
Cigna CSN $14,974.00 ↓ -22%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $15,678.00 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $15,745.74 ↓ -18%
United AllPayerAppendix $16,000.00 ↓ -17%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $16,223.00 ↓ -16%
Physicians, INC COMM $16,321.80 ↓ -15%
USA Managed Care COMM $16,321.80 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $16,321.80 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $16,321.80 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $17,281.91 ↓ -10%
Cigna PPO $19,289.00 ↑ +0%

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