Treatment inhalation continuous aerosol medication acute airway obstruction 1st hour 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

$489.90

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.

$489.90

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.

$29.39 with Superior Health Plan vs $600.00 with Texas Athletic Network — 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
Superior Health Plan STAR $29.39 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $29.39 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $29.39 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $29.39 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $29.39 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $63.69 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $63.69 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $63.69 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $63.69 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MGMCD $68.59 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $68.59 ↓ -86%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $81.32 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $82.30 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $95.53 ↓ -81%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $116.11 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $116.11 ↓ -76%
Aetna QHPExchange $129.82 ↓ -74%
Aetna NBPPO $157.26 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPOS $157.26 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBHMO $157.26 ↓ -68%
Aetna COMMPPO $167.55 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMHMO $167.55 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMPOS $167.55 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $171.47 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $195.96 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONHMO $196.45 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPOS $196.45 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPPO $196.45 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $210.66 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAHMO $212.13 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPOS $212.13 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPPO $212.13 ↓ -57%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $220.46 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $220.46 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $220.46 ↓ -55%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $255.13 ↓ -48%
Coventry National First Health COMM $261.12 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $269.44 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $269.44 ↓ -45%
BCBS BAV $281.30 ↓ -43%
Independent Medical System COMM $293.94 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $293.94 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $293.94 ↓ -40%
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00 ↓ -39%
Coastal Comp COMM $318.44 ↓ -35%
BCBS PPO $352.17 ↓ -28%
BCBS HMO $352.17 ↓ -28%
BCBS EPOSOA $352.17 ↓ -28%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $367.43 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $401.72 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $416.42 ↓ -15%
USA Managed Care COMM $416.42 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $416.42 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $416.42 ↓ -15%
Humana HMO $420.48 ↓ -14%
Humana PPO $420.48 ↓ -14%
Affiliated PPO COMM $440.91 ↓ -10%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↑ +2%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↑ +22%

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Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $327.58 $419.77 – $419.77
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $349.13 $98.92 – $436.41
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $312.44 $64.31 – $468.67
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $312.44 $100.29 – $468.67
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $312.44 $161.43 – $3,235.82
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