Special radiation dosimetry 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

$1,699.50

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.

$1,699.50

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.

$35.61 with BCBS vs $1,444.58 with Multiplan — 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
BCBS MyBlueHealth $35.61 ↓ -98%
BCBS BAV $39.31 ↓ -98%
BCBS EPOSOA $58.38 ↓ -97%
BCBS HMO $58.38 ↓ -97%
BCBS PPO $58.38 ↓ -97%
Aetna QHPExchange $98.20 ↓ -94%
Aetna NBPPO $130.52 ↓ -92%
Aetna NBHMO $130.52 ↓ -92%
Aetna NBPOS $130.52 ↓ -92%
Aetna COMMHMO $138.84 ↓ -92%
Aetna COMMPOS $138.84 ↓ -92%
Aetna COMMPPO $138.84 ↓ -92%
Aetna OONPOS $163.25 ↓ -90%
Aetna OONHMO $163.25 ↓ -90%
Aetna OONPPO $163.25 ↓ -90%
Aetna ASAPOS $176.43 ↓ -90%
Aetna ASAHMO $176.43 ↓ -90%
Aetna ASAPPO $176.43 ↓ -90%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $220.94 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $220.94 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $220.94 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $220.94 ↓ -87%
Oscar HIX $331.40 ↓ -81%
Humana HMO $340.77 ↓ -80%
Humana PPO $340.77 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $343.30 ↓ -80%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $433.37 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $463.96 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $594.83 ↓ -65%
Curative Administrators COMM $679.80 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $679.80 ↓ -60%
United GlobalAppendix $764.77 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $905.83 ↓ -47%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $1,274.63 ↓ -25%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $1,444.58 ↓ -15%

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