Sex chromatin identification 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

$309.11

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.

$309.11

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.

$17.62 with Oscar vs $278.20 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
Oscar MGMCR $17.62 ↓ -94%
WellMed MGMCR $17.89 ↓ -94%
Devoted Health MGMCR $17.98 ↓ -94%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $17.98 ↓ -94%
Amerigroup DualEligible $17.98 ↓ -94%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $17.98 ↓ -94%
United SmallGroup $17.98 ↓ -94%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $17.98 ↓ -94%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $17.98 ↓ -94%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $17.98 ↓ -94%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $17.98 ↓ -94%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $17.98 ↓ -94%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $17.98 ↓ -94%
BCBS MCRPPO $17.98 ↓ -94%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $17.98 ↓ -94%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $17.98 ↓ -94%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $17.98 ↓ -94%
United AllPayerAppendix $17.98 ↓ -94%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $17.98 ↓ -94%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $17.98 ↓ -94%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $17.98 ↓ -94%
Aetna MCR $18.13 ↓ -94%
Van Lang IPA MCR $18.16 ↓ -94%
United MCR $18.34 ↓ -94%
WellCare PPO $18.52 ↓ -94%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $18.52 ↓ -94%
WellCare SNP $18.52 ↓ -94%
WellCare POS $18.52 ↓ -94%
WellCare MCRHMO $18.52 ↓ -94%
WellCare PFFS $18.52 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $18.55 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $18.55 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $18.55 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $18.55 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $18.55 ↓ -94%
American Health Plan MGMCR $18.88 ↓ -94%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $18.88 ↓ -94%
Shared Health MGMCR $18.88 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $18.88 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $18.88 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $18.88 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $18.88 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $18.88 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $18.88 ↓ -94%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $19.06 ↓ -94%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $19.06 ↓ -94%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $19.06 ↓ -94%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $19.06 ↓ -94%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $19.06 ↓ -94%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $19.46 ↓ -94%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $19.46 ↓ -94%
Molina MGMCR $19.60 ↓ -94%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $21.58 ↓ -93%
Verda Health Plan MCR $23.37 ↓ -92%
Superior ValueHMO $26.07 ↓ -92%
Community Health Choice HIX $26.07 ↓ -92%
Superior EPO $27.87 ↓ -91%
Superior HMO $27.87 ↓ -91%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $34.16 ↓ -89%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $35.60 ↓ -88%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $36.32 ↓ -88%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $37.76 ↓ -88%
Molina Healthcare HIX $38.66 ↓ -87%
BCBS BAV $40.10 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $40.18 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $40.18 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $40.18 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $40.18 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MGMCD $43.28 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $43.28 ↓ -86%
BCBS HMO $50.16 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $51.31 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $51.93 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $51.96 ↓ -83%
BCBS EPOSOA $53.76 ↓ -83%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $53.92 ↓ -83%
BCBS PPO $57.36 ↓ -81%
Aetna QHPExchange $65.84 ↓ -79%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $73.26 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $73.26 ↓ -76%
Cigna CSN $73.87 ↓ -76%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $80.01 ↓ -74%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $84.39 ↓ -73%
Aetna NBPPO $87.56 ↓ -72%
Aetna NBPOS $87.56 ↓ -72%
Aetna NBHMO $87.56 ↓ -72%
Aetna COMMPOS $93.02 ↓ -70%
Aetna COMMPPO $93.02 ↓ -70%
Aetna COMMHMO $93.02 ↓ -70%
Cigna PPO $95.19 ↓ -69%
Imagine Health PPO $108.19 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $108.19 ↓ -65%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $108.19 ↓ -65%
Aetna OONPPO $109.28 ↓ -65%
Aetna OONHMO $109.28 ↓ -65%
Aetna OONPOS $109.28 ↓ -65%
Aetna ASAPPO $118.16 ↓ -62%
Aetna ASAPOS $118.16 ↓ -62%
Aetna ASAHMO $118.16 ↓ -62%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $132.92 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $139.10 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $139.10 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $139.10 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $164.76 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $170.01 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $170.01 ↓ -45%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $185.47 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $185.47 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $185.47 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $200.92 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $231.83 ↓ -25%
Humana PPO $240.10 ↓ -22%
Humana HMO $240.10 ↓ -22%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $253.47 ↓ -18%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $262.74 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $262.74 ↓ -15%
USA Managed Care COMM $262.74 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $262.74 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $278.20 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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