Ropivacaine 0.2 % epidural pca - 1 hour dose limit 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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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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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.

$0.05 with Christus (USFHP) vs $230.90 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
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $0.05
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $0.05
BCBS MyBlueHealth $0.06
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $0.08
United SmallGroup $0.08
BCBS EPOSOA $0.08
BCBS HMO $0.08
United AllPayerAppendix $0.08
BCBS PPO $0.08
BCBS BAV $0.10
Cigna CSN $0.15
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $0.16
Cigna PPO $0.19
Humana PPO $0.97
Humana HMO $0.97
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $4.03
Superior Health Plan CHIP $4.03
Superior Health Plan STAR $4.03
Superior Health Plan STARKids $4.03
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $4.03
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $8.74
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $8.74
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $8.74
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $8.74
United OptionsPPO $13.58
Aetna MCR $17.01
Molina Healthcare HIX $18.15
CHC Harris Health Indigent $20.17
BCBS Traditional $23.53
United GlobalAppendix $30.25
Coventry National First Health COMM $35.83
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $35.92
Amerigroup MGMCD $35.92
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $42.59
Superior EPO $44.90
Superior HMO $44.90
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $50.42
Superior ValueHMO $50.80
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $53.78
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $57.15
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $60.80
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $60.80
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $110.32
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $141.11
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $141.11
Independent Medical System COMM $153.94
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $153.94
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $153.94
Coastal Comp COMM $166.76
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $210.38
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $218.08
USA Managed Care COMM $218.08
Physicians, INC COMM $218.08
Affiliated PPO COMM $230.90

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Ropivacaine 0.2 % epidural pca - 1 hour dose limit at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,510.58 $0.12 – $0.12
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $912.24 $0.05 – $3.57
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $912.24 $0.05 – $3.78
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $912.24 $0.05 – $3.15
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $912.24 $0.05 – $3.57
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $912.24 $0.05 – $3.78
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $912.24 $0.05 – $3.78
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $912.24 $0.05 – $3.78

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