Salivary gland function exam at HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD
5324 ATASCOCITA RD, HUMBLE, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1811942238
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Cash price 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 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.
$99.87 with Texas Health Network vs $1,469.61 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Texas Health Network | MCD | $99.87 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $101.91 | — |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $101.91 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $101.91 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $101.91 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $102.25 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $102.25 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $102.25 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $102.25 | — |
| United | MGMCD | $104.30 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $110.43 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $112.10 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $112.10 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $112.10 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $112.10 | — |
| Humana | MCD | $127.39 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $149.69 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $189.66 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $289.17 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $300.23 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $310.43 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $498.93 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $663.12 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $663.12 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $663.12 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $705.40 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $705.40 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $705.40 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $716.53 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $829.43 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $829.43 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $829.43 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $848.52 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $848.52 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $896.38 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $896.38 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $896.38 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $1,469.61 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $1,469.61 | — |
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Salivary gland function exam at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $1,123.67 | $231.29 – $1,685.50 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $1,179.85 | $102.58 – $1,474.82 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $1,123.67 | $109.76 – $1,685.50 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $1,123.67 | $102.58 – $1,685.50 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $1,179.85 | $102.58 – $1,769.78 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST | Waco | $1,123.67 | $102.58 – $1,404.59 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER | Temple | $1,123.67 | $102.58 – $1,685.50 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PFLUGERVILLE | Suite 100 | $1,179.85 | $102.58 – $1,769.78 |