Test socket symes 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

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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.

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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.

$362.45 with Oscar vs $2,844.96 with Humana — 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
Oscar MGMCR $362.45
WellMed MGMCR $368.00
Devoted Health MGMCR $369.85
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $369.85
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $369.85
Amerigroup DualEligible $369.85
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $369.85
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $369.85
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $369.85
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $369.85
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $369.85
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $369.85
BCBS MCRPPO $369.85
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $369.85
CHC Harris Health Indigent $369.85
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $369.85
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $369.85
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $369.85
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $369.85
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $369.85
Aetna MCR $372.99
Van Lang IPA MCR $373.55
United MCR $377.25
WellCare POS $380.95
WellCare MCRHMO $380.95
WellCare PPO $380.95
WellCare PFFS $380.95
WellCare SNP $380.95
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $380.95
American Health Plan MGMCR $388.34
Superior Health Plan PFFS $388.34
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $388.34
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $388.34
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $388.34
Shared Health MGMCR $388.34
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $388.34
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $388.34
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $388.34
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $392.04
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $392.04
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $392.04
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $392.04
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $392.04
Molina MGMCR $403.14
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $443.82
Verda Health Plan MCR $480.81
Community Health Choice HIX $536.28
Superior ValueHMO $536.28
Superior HMO $573.27
Superior EPO $573.27
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $702.72
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $732.30
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $776.69
Molina Healthcare HIX $795.18
Humana HMO $2,844.96
Humana PPO $2,844.96

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $362.45 – $795.18
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $362.45 – $795.18
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $362.45 – $795.18
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $362.45 – $795.18
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $362.45 – $795.18
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $362.45 – $795.18
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $362.45 – $795.18
Covenant Medical Center Lubbock not published $369.85 – $390.19

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