Sock wool above knee 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.

$27.39 with Oscar vs $214.96 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 $27.39
WellMed MGMCR $27.81
Devoted Health MGMCR $27.95
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $27.95
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $27.95
Amerigroup DualEligible $27.95
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $27.95
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $27.95
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $27.95
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $27.95
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $27.95
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $27.95
BCBS MCRPPO $27.95
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $27.95
CHC Harris Health Indigent $27.95
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $27.95
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $27.95
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $27.95
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $27.95
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $27.95
Aetna MCR $28.19
Van Lang IPA MCR $28.23
United MCR $28.51
WellCare POS $28.79
WellCare MCRHMO $28.79
WellCare PPO $28.79
WellCare PFFS $28.79
WellCare SNP $28.79
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $28.79
American Health Plan MGMCR $29.35
Superior Health Plan PFFS $29.35
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $29.35
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $29.35
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $29.35
Shared Health MGMCR $29.35
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $29.35
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $29.35
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $29.35
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $29.63
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $29.63
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $29.63
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $29.63
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $29.63
Molina MGMCR $30.47
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $33.54
Verda Health Plan MCR $36.34
Community Health Choice HIX $40.53
Superior ValueHMO $40.53
Superior HMO $43.32
Superior EPO $43.32
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $53.10
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $55.34
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $58.70
Molina Healthcare HIX $60.09
Humana HMO $214.96
Humana PPO $214.96

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