Scr c/v cyto,thinlayer,rescr 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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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.

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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.

$26.51 with Oscar vs $263.47 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.

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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
Oscar MGMCR $26.51
WellMed MGMCR $26.91
United SmallGroup $27.05
United AllPayerAppendix $27.05
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $27.05
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $27.05
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $27.05
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $27.05
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $27.05
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $27.05
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $27.05
Amerigroup DualEligible $27.05
Devoted Health MGMCR $27.05
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $27.05
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $27.05
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $27.05
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $27.05
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $27.05
CHC Harris Health Indigent $27.05
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $27.05
BCBS MCRPPO $27.05
Aetna MCR $27.28
Van Lang IPA MCR $27.32
United MCR $27.59
WellCare PPO $27.86
WellCare SNP $27.86
WellCare POS $27.86
WellCare MCRHMO $27.86
WellCare PFFS $27.86
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $27.86
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $28.40
American Health Plan MGMCR $28.40
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $28.40
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $28.40
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $28.40
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $28.40
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $28.40
Superior Health Plan PFFS $28.40
Shared Health MGMCR $28.40
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $28.67
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $28.67
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $28.67
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $28.67
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $28.67
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $29.28
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $29.28
Molina MGMCR $29.48
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $32.46
Verda Health Plan MCR $35.16
Superior ValueHMO $39.22
Community Health Choice HIX $39.22
Superior HMO $41.93
Superior EPO $41.93
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $51.39
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $53.56
BCBS MyBlueHealth $54.64
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $56.81
Molina Healthcare HIX $58.16
BCBS BAV $60.32
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $65.73
BCBS HMO $75.47
Oscar HIX $78.17
BCBS EPOSOA $80.88
BCBS PPO $86.29
Aetna QHPExchange $99.10
Cigna CSN $111.50
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $120.77
Aetna NBHMO $131.79
Aetna NBPOS $131.79
Aetna NBPPO $131.79
Aetna COMMPPO $140.01
Aetna COMMHMO $140.01
Aetna COMMPOS $140.01
Cigna PPO $143.69
Aetna OONHMO $164.48
Aetna OONPPO $164.48
Aetna OONPOS $164.48
Aetna ASAPPO $177.84
Aetna ASAHMO $177.84
Aetna ASAPOS $177.84
Humana HMO $263.47
Humana PPO $263.47

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Scr c/v cyto,thinlayer,rescr at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas not published $24.35 – $104.14
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $26.51 – $111.50
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $26.51 – $111.50
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock not published $59.07 – $117.94
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $26.51 – $111.50
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $26.51 – $111.50
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $26.51 – $111.50
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $26.51 – $111.50

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