Small Bowel Barium X-ray (Follow-Through) at HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD

5324 ATASCOCITA RD, HUMBLE, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1811942238

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Sep 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 24, 2026

$5,324.80

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.

$5,324.80

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.

$119.52 with Texas Health Network vs $4,792.32 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
Texas Health Network MCD $119.52 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $121.96 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $121.96 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $124.30 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $124.30 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $124.30 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $124.30 ↓ -98%
United MGMCD $126.79 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $134.16 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STAR $134.16 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $134.16 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $134.16 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $134.24 ↓ -97%
Humana MCD $152.45 ↓ -97%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $182.94 ↓ -97%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $182.94 ↓ -97%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $182.94 ↓ -97%
Cigna CSN $312.87 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $319.49 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $319.49 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $319.49 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $319.49 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $319.49 ↓ -94%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $320.71 ↓ -94%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $338.60 ↓ -94%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $339.25 ↓ -94%
United AllPayerAppendix $401.74 ↓ -92%
United SmallGroup $401.74 ↓ -92%
Cigna PPO $402.50 ↓ -92%
BCBS BAV $406.35 ↓ -92%
BCBS HMO $619.55 ↓ -88%
BCBS EPOSOA $643.24 ↓ -88%
BCBS PPO $665.10 ↓ -88%
Aetna NBHMO $724.91 ↓ -86%
Aetna NBPPO $724.91 ↓ -86%
Aetna NBPOS $724.91 ↓ -86%
Aetna COMMPOS $771.32 ↓ -86%
Aetna COMMHMO $771.32 ↓ -86%
Aetna COMMPPO $771.32 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $894.57 ↓ -83%
Aetna OONPOS $906.88 ↓ -83%
Aetna OONHMO $906.88 ↓ -83%
Aetna OONPPO $906.88 ↓ -83%
Aetna ASAPOS $980.55 ↓ -82%
Aetna ASAPPO $980.55 ↓ -82%
Aetna ASAHMO $980.55 ↓ -82%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,357.82 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $1,453.67 ↓ -73%
Humana PPO $1,764.11 ↓ -67%
Humana HMO $1,764.11 ↓ -67%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $1,863.68 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $1,863.68 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $1,863.68 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $2,129.92 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $2,129.92 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $2,289.66 ↓ -57%
Averde Health Commercial $2,396.16 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $2,396.16 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $2,396.16 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $2,758.25 ↓ -48%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $2,928.64 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $2,928.64 ↓ -45%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $3,194.88 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $3,194.88 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $3,194.88 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $3,461.12 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $3,993.60 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $4,366.34 ↓ -18%
USA Managed Care COMM $4,526.08 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $4,526.08 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $4,526.08 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $4,526.08 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $4,792.32 ↓ -10%

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Small Bowel Barium X-ray (Follow-Through) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $561.67 $121.96 – $702.09
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $520.69 $107.18 – $781.04
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $602.88 $121.96 – $753.60
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $561.67 $121.96 – $702.09
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $520.69 $130.50 – $781.04
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $520.69 $121.96 – $781.04
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $602.88 $121.96 – $904.32
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $561.67 $121.96 – $702.09

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