Special physics consult 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

$2,519.24

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.

$2,519.24

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.

$63.50 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $1,239.69 with Aetna — 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
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $63.50 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $63.50 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $63.50 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $63.50 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $68.38 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MGMCD $68.38 ↓ -97%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $81.08 ↓ -97%
United OptionsPPO $82.06 ↓ -97%
Oscar HIX $95.24 ↓ -96%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $115.76 ↓ -95%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $115.76 ↓ -95%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $124.55 ↓ -95%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $133.34 ↓ -95%
Humana PPO $155.86 ↓ -94%
Humana HMO $155.86 ↓ -94%
BCBS Traditional $170.95 ↓ -93%
Imagine Health PPO $170.95 ↓ -93%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $170.95 ↓ -93%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $195.37 ↓ -92%
Curative Administrators COMM $195.37 ↓ -92%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $210.02 ↓ -92%
Averde Health Commercial $219.79 ↓ -91%
United GlobalAppendix $219.79 ↓ -91%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $219.79 ↓ -91%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $232.15 ↓ -91%
BCBS BAV $256.26 ↓ -90%
Coventry National First Health COMM $260.33 ↓ -90%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $268.64 ↓ -89%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $268.64 ↓ -89%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $293.06 ↓ -88%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $293.06 ↓ -88%
Independent Medical System COMM $293.06 ↓ -88%
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00 ↓ -88%
Coastal Comp COMM $317.48 ↓ -87%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $366.32 ↓ -85%
BCBS PPO $380.58 ↓ -85%
BCBS EPOSOA $380.58 ↓ -85%
BCBS HMO $380.58 ↓ -85%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $400.51 ↓ -84%
USA Managed Care COMM $415.17 ↓ -84%
Physicians, INC COMM $415.17 ↓ -84%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $415.17 ↓ -84%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $415.17 ↓ -84%
Affiliated PPO COMM $439.59 ↓ -83%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↓ -80%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↓ -76%
Aetna QHPExchange $690.02 ↓ -73%
Aetna NBPOS $917.10 ↓ -64%
Aetna NBPPO $917.10 ↓ -64%
Aetna NBHMO $917.10 ↓ -64%
Aetna COMMHMO $975.57 ↓ -61%
Aetna COMMPPO $975.57 ↓ -61%
Aetna COMMPOS $975.57 ↓ -61%
Aetna OONPPO $1,147.10 ↓ -54%
Aetna OONHMO $1,147.10 ↓ -54%
Aetna OONPOS $1,147.10 ↓ -54%
Aetna ASAPOS $1,239.69 ↓ -51%
Aetna ASAHMO $1,239.69 ↓ -51%
Aetna ASAPPO $1,239.69 ↓ -51%

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