Sodium chloride 0.9 % IV bolus 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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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.

$0.66 with TriWest Health Alliance vs $38.39 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
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $0.66
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $0.66
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1.09
United SmallGroup $1.09
United AllPayerAppendix $1.09
Cigna CSN $1.72
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $1.86
Cigna PPO $2.22
Superior Health Plan STARKids $2.41
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $2.41
Superior Health Plan STAR $2.41
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $2.41
Superior Health Plan CHIP $2.41
Aetna MCR $2.83
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $5.21
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $5.21
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $5.21
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $5.21
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $5.97
Amerigroup MGMCD $5.97
Humana HMO $6.62
Humana PPO $6.62
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $7.08
United OptionsPPO $7.17
BCBS MyBlueHealth $7.29
Superior EPO $7.47
Superior HMO $7.47
Superior ValueHMO $8.45
BCBS PPO $10.04
BCBS HMO $10.04
BCBS EPOSOA $10.04
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $10.11
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $10.11
Molina Healthcare HIX $10.82
CHC Harris Health Indigent $12.03
BCBS BAV $12.54
BCBS Traditional $14.03
United GlobalAppendix $18.04
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $18.34
Coventry National First Health COMM $21.37
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $23.46
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $23.46
Independent Medical System COMM $25.60
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $25.60
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $25.60
Coastal Comp COMM $27.73
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $30.07
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $32.07
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $34.08
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $34.98
Physicians, INC COMM $36.26
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $36.26
USA Managed Care COMM $36.26
Affiliated PPO COMM $38.39

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