Tc-99m pyroph diag per dose up to 25 mci 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

$1,280.09

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.

$1,280.09

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.

$65.59 with United vs $1,152.08 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
United SmallGroup $65.59 ↓ -95%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $65.59 ↓ -95%
United AllPayerAppendix $65.59 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STAR $76.81 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $76.81 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $76.81 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $76.81 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $76.81 ↓ -94%
Aetna MCR $84.87 ↓ -93%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $97.61 ↓ -92%
BCBS HMO $134.46 ↓ -89%
BCBS PPO $134.46 ↓ -89%
BCBS EPOSOA $134.46 ↓ -89%
Cigna CSN $158.10 ↓ -88%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $166.41 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $166.41 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $166.41 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $166.41 ↓ -87%
BCBS BAV $167.83 ↓ -87%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $171.16 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MGMCD $179.21 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $179.21 ↓ -86%
Cigna PPO $203.83 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $212.49 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $215.06 ↓ -83%
Superior EPO $224.02 ↓ -82%
Superior HMO $224.02 ↓ -82%
Oscar HIX $249.62 ↓ -80%
Superior ValueHMO $253.46 ↓ -80%
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00 ↓ -77%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $303.38 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $303.38 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $326.42 ↓ -75%
Molina Healthcare HIX $345.62 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $349.46 ↓ -73%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $384.03 ↓ -70%
Aetna NBPOS $410.91 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPPO $410.91 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBHMO $410.91 ↓ -68%
Aetna COMMPPO $437.79 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMHMO $437.79 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMPOS $437.79 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $448.03 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $448.03 ↓ -65%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $448.03 ↓ -65%
Humana PPO $467.52 ↓ -63%
Humana HMO $467.52 ↓ -63%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↓ -61%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $512.04 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $512.04 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPPO $513.32 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONHMO $513.32 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPOS $513.32 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $550.44 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPPO $554.28 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAHMO $554.28 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPOS $554.28 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $576.04 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $576.04 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $576.04 ↓ -55%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↓ -53%
Coventry National First Health COMM $682.29 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $704.05 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $704.05 ↓ -45%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $768.05 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $768.05 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $768.05 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $832.06 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $960.07 ↓ -25%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $1,024.07 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,049.67 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $1,088.08 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $1,088.08 ↓ -15%
USA Managed Care COMM $1,088.08 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $1,088.08 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $1,152.08 ↓ -10%

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Tc-99m pyroph diag per dose up to 25 mci at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $300.05 $65.59 – $467.52
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $109.90 $44.82 – $314.00
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $54.95 $38.49 – $282.60
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $87.37 $34.64 – $513.90
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $109.90 $54.28 – $314.00
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $109.90 $54.28 – $314.00
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $54.95 $38.49 – $266.90
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $109.90 $54.28 – $314.00

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