Sodium serum/plasma/whole blood 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

$648.82

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.

$648.82

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.

$3.96 with Texas Health Network vs $583.94 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 $3.96 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $4.04 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $4.04 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $4.04 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $4.04 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $4.04 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $4.04 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $4.04 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $4.04 ↓ -99%
United MGMCD $4.12 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $4.36 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $4.44 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $4.44 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $4.44 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STAR $4.44 ↓ -99%
Oscar MGMCR $4.71 ↓ -99%
WellMed MGMCR $4.79 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $4.81 ↓ -99%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $4.81 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $4.81 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $4.81 ↓ -99%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $4.81 ↓ -99%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $4.81 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MGMCR $4.81 ↓ -99%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $4.81 ↓ -99%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $4.81 ↓ -99%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $4.81 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $4.81 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $4.81 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $4.81 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $4.81 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $4.81 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $4.81 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup DualEligible $4.81 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $4.81 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $4.81 ↓ -99%
Aetna MCR $4.85 ↓ -99%
Van Lang IPA MCR $4.86 ↓ -99%
United MCR $4.91 ↓ -99%
WellCare SNP $4.95 ↓ -99%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $4.95 ↓ -99%
WellCare PFFS $4.95 ↓ -99%
WellCare MCRHMO $4.95 ↓ -99%
WellCare POS $4.95 ↓ -99%
WellCare PPO $4.95 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $5.05 ↓ -99%
Shared Health MGMCR $5.05 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $5.05 ↓ -99%
Humana MCD $5.05 ↓ -99%
American Health Plan MGMCR $5.05 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $5.05 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $5.05 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $5.05 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $5.05 ↓ -99%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $5.05 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $5.10 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $5.10 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $5.10 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $5.10 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $5.10 ↓ -99%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $5.21 ↓ -99%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $5.21 ↓ -99%
Molina MGMCR $5.24 ↓ -99%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $5.77 ↓ -99%
Verda Health Plan MCR $6.25 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice HIX $6.97 ↓ -99%
Superior ValueHMO $6.97 ↓ -99%
Superior EPO $7.46 ↓ -99%
Superior HMO $7.46 ↓ -99%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $9.14 ↓ -99%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $9.52 ↓ -99%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $9.72 ↓ -99%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $10.10 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare HIX $10.34 ↓ -98%
BCBS BAV $10.73 ↓ -98%
BCBS HMO $13.42 ↓ -98%
Oscar HIX $13.90 ↓ -98%
BCBS EPOSOA $14.38 ↓ -98%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $14.43 ↓ -98%
BCBS PPO $15.34 ↓ -98%
Aetna QHPExchange $17.64 ↓ -97%
Cigna CSN $19.53 ↓ -97%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $21.15 ↓ -97%
Aetna NBPOS $23.46 ↓ -96%
Aetna NBPPO $23.46 ↓ -96%
Aetna NBHMO $23.46 ↓ -96%
Aetna COMMHMO $24.92 ↓ -96%
Aetna COMMPOS $24.92 ↓ -96%
Aetna COMMPPO $24.92 ↓ -96%
Cigna PPO $25.17 ↓ -96%
Aetna OONPPO $29.28 ↓ -95%
Aetna OONHMO $29.28 ↓ -95%
Aetna OONPOS $29.28 ↓ -95%
Aetna ASAPOS $31.66 ↓ -95%
Aetna ASAHMO $31.66 ↓ -95%
Aetna ASAPPO $31.66 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $38.93 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $38.93 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $38.93 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $38.93 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $38.93 ↓ -94%
Humana PPO $64.27 ↓ -90%
Humana HMO $64.27 ↓ -90%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $107.70 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $109.00 ↓ -83%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $177.13 ↓ -73%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $227.09 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $227.09 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $227.09 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $278.99 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $291.97 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $291.97 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $291.97 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $345.82 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $356.85 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $356.85 ↓ -45%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $389.29 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $389.29 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $389.29 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $421.73 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $486.62 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $532.03 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $551.50 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $551.50 ↓ -15%
USA Managed Care COMM $551.50 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $551.50 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $583.94 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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