Stress test pulmonary 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

$4,463.93

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.

$4,463.93

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.

$104.70 with Humana vs $4,017.54 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
Humana PPO $104.70 ↓ -98%
Humana HMO $104.70 ↓ -98%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $255.13 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $267.84 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $267.84 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $267.84 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $267.84 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $267.84 ↓ -94%
BCBS BAV $281.30 ↓ -94%
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00 ↓ -93%
BCBS EPOSOA $352.17 ↓ -92%
BCBS HMO $352.17 ↓ -92%
BCBS PPO $352.17 ↓ -92%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↓ -89%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $580.31 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $580.31 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $580.31 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $580.31 ↓ -87%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MGMCD $624.95 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $624.95 ↓ -86%
Cigna CSN $660.66 ↓ -85%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $714.23 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $741.01 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $749.94 ↓ -83%
Cigna PPO $848.15 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $870.47 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $1,057.95 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $1,057.95 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,138.30 ↓ -75%
Aetna QHPExchange $1,182.94 ↓ -74%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $1,218.65 ↓ -73%
Aetna NBPPO $1,432.92 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBHMO $1,432.92 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPOS $1,432.92 ↓ -68%
Aetna COMMPOS $1,526.66 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMPPO $1,526.66 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMHMO $1,526.66 ↓ -66%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $1,562.38 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $1,562.38 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $1,562.38 ↓ -65%
Curative Administrators COMM $1,785.57 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,785.57 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPOS $1,790.04 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPPO $1,790.04 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONHMO $1,790.04 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $1,919.49 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPOS $1,932.88 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPPO $1,932.88 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAHMO $1,932.88 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $2,008.77 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $2,008.77 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $2,008.77 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $2,379.27 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $2,455.16 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $2,455.16 ↓ -45%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $2,678.36 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $2,678.36 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $2,678.36 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $2,901.55 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $3,347.95 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $3,660.42 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $3,794.34 ↓ -15%
USA Managed Care COMM $3,794.34 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $3,794.34 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $3,794.34 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $4,017.54 ↓ -10%

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