Test urine for porphyrins 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

$378.34

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.

$378.34

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.

$11.00 with Texas Health Network vs $321.59 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
Texas Health Network MCD $11.00 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $11.22 ↓ -97%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $11.22 ↓ -97%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $11.22 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $11.22 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MGMCD $11.22 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $11.22 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $11.22 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $11.22 ↓ -97%
United MGMCD $11.44 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $12.12 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $12.34 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $12.34 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STAR $12.34 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $12.34 ↓ -97%
Oscar MGMCR $13.09 ↓ -97%
WellMed MGMCR $13.29 ↓ -96%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $13.36 ↓ -96%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $13.36 ↓ -96%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $13.36 ↓ -96%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $13.36 ↓ -96%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $13.36 ↓ -96%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $13.36 ↓ -96%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $13.36 ↓ -96%
Devoted Health MGMCR $13.36 ↓ -96%
United AllPayerAppendix $13.36 ↓ -96%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $13.36 ↓ -96%
United SmallGroup $13.36 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup DualEligible $13.36 ↓ -96%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $13.36 ↓ -96%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $13.36 ↓ -96%
BCBS MCRPPO $13.36 ↓ -96%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $13.36 ↓ -96%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $13.36 ↓ -96%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $13.36 ↓ -96%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $13.36 ↓ -96%
Aetna MCR $13.47 ↓ -96%
Van Lang IPA MCR $13.49 ↓ -96%
United MCR $13.63 ↓ -96%
WellCare PFFS $13.76 ↓ -96%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $13.76 ↓ -96%
WellCare MCRHMO $13.76 ↓ -96%
WellCare PPO $13.76 ↓ -96%
WellCare POS $13.76 ↓ -96%
WellCare SNP $13.76 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $14.03 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $14.03 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $14.03 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $14.03 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $14.03 ↓ -96%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $14.03 ↓ -96%
American Health Plan MGMCR $14.03 ↓ -96%
Humana MCD $14.03 ↓ -96%
Shared Health MGMCR $14.03 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $14.03 ↓ -96%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $14.16 ↓ -96%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $14.16 ↓ -96%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $14.16 ↓ -96%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $14.16 ↓ -96%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $14.16 ↓ -96%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $14.46 ↓ -96%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $14.46 ↓ -96%
Molina MGMCR $14.56 ↓ -96%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $16.03 ↓ -96%
Verda Health Plan MCR $17.37 ↓ -95%
Superior ValueHMO $19.37 ↓ -95%
Community Health Choice HIX $19.37 ↓ -95%
Superior HMO $20.71 ↓ -95%
Superior EPO $20.71 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STAR $22.70 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $22.70 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $22.70 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $22.70 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $22.70 ↓ -94%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $25.38 ↓ -93%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $26.45 ↓ -93%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $26.99 ↓ -93%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $28.06 ↓ -93%
Molina Healthcare HIX $28.72 ↓ -92%
BCBS BAV $29.79 ↓ -92%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $32.46 ↓ -91%
BCBS HMO $37.27 ↓ -90%
Oscar HIX $38.61 ↓ -90%
BCBS EPOSOA $39.95 ↓ -89%
BCBS PPO $42.62 ↓ -89%
Aetna QHPExchange $48.92 ↓ -87%
Cigna CSN $54.38 ↓ -86%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $58.91 ↓ -84%
Aetna NBHMO $65.06 ↓ -83%
Aetna NBPOS $65.06 ↓ -83%
Aetna NBPPO $65.06 ↓ -83%
Aetna COMMHMO $69.12 ↓ -82%
Aetna COMMPPO $69.12 ↓ -82%
Aetna COMMPOS $69.12 ↓ -82%
Cigna PPO $70.08 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $76.42 ↓ -80%
Aetna OONHMO $81.20 ↓ -79%
Aetna OONPPO $81.20 ↓ -79%
Aetna OONPOS $81.20 ↓ -79%
Aetna ASAHMO $87.80 ↓ -77%
Aetna ASAPOS $87.80 ↓ -77%
Aetna ASAPPO $87.80 ↓ -77%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $103.29 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $132.42 ↓ -65%
Humana HMO $144.56 ↓ -62%
Humana PPO $144.56 ↓ -62%
United GlobalAppendix $170.25 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $201.66 ↓ -47%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $283.75 ↓ -25%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $321.59 ↓ -15%
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