Skull X-ray (complete) 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.
$43.88 with Texas Health Network vs $3,409.20 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.
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 | $43.88 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $44.78 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $44.78 | — |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $44.78 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $44.78 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $44.78 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $44.78 | — |
| United | MGMCD | $45.68 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $48.36 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $49.26 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $49.26 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $49.26 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $49.26 | — |
| Humana | MCD | $55.98 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $67.17 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $67.17 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $67.17 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $113.85 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $123.22 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $146.47 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $197.26 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $207.04 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $227.28 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $227.28 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $227.28 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $227.28 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $227.28 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $245.18 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $245.18 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $249.94 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $259.87 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $259.87 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $259.87 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $276.51 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $276.51 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $276.51 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $325.11 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $325.11 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $325.11 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $351.52 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $351.52 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $351.52 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $381.07 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $395.64 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $409.09 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $636.38 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $965.94 | — |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $1,034.12 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $1,254.96 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $1,254.96 | — |
| Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) | COMM | $1,325.80 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $1,325.80 | — |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $1,325.80 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $1,515.20 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $1,515.20 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $1,628.84 | — |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $1,704.60 | — |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $1,704.60 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $1,704.60 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $1,962.18 | — |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $2,083.40 | — |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $2,083.40 | — |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $2,272.80 | — |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $2,272.80 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $2,272.80 | — |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $2,462.20 | — |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $2,841.00 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $3,106.16 | — |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $3,219.80 | — |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $3,219.80 | — |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $3,219.80 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $3,219.80 | — |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $3,409.20 | — |
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Skull X-ray (complete) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $350.76 | $44.78 – $438.45 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $440.90 | $90.75 – $661.35 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $449.72 | $44.78 – $562.15 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $350.76 | $44.78 – $438.45 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $440.90 | $47.91 – $661.35 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $440.90 | $44.78 – $661.35 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $449.72 | $44.78 – $674.58 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $350.76 | $44.78 – $438.45 |