Topotecan oral 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.

$125.09 with TriWest Health Alliance vs $1,009.55 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
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $125.09
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $125.09
BCBS MyBlueHealth $202.88
United AllPayerAppendix $206.40
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $206.40
United SmallGroup $206.40
BCBS PPO $279.48
BCBS EPOSOA $279.48
BCBS HMO $279.48
Cigna CSN $302.26
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $327.24
BCBS BAV $348.83
Cigna PPO $389.69
Humana PPO $1,009.55
Humana HMO $1,009.55

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Topotecan oral at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas not published $398.51 – $398.51
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $124.90 – $1,009.55
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $124.90 – $1,009.55
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock not published $387.13 – $437.15
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $125.09 – $1,009.55
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $124.90 – $1,009.55
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $124.90 – $1,009.55
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $124.90 – $1,009.55

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