Treatment inhalation pressurized/nonpressurized acute airway obstruction 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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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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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.

$5.26 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 STARKids $5.26
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $5.26
Superior Health Plan CHIP $5.26
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $5.26
Superior Health Plan STAR $5.26
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $11.41
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $11.41
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $11.41
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $11.41
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $12.29
Amerigroup MGMCD $12.29
Cigna CSN $12.99
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $14.04
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $14.57
United OptionsPPO $14.74
Cigna PPO $16.67
Oscar HIX $17.11
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $20.80
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $20.80
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $22.38
Aetna QHPExchange $23.25
Evry Health BroadNetwork $23.96
Aetna NBPPO $28.17
Aetna NBHMO $28.17
Aetna NBPOS $28.17
Aetna COMMPPO $30.01
Aetna COMMHMO $30.01
Aetna COMMPOS $30.01
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $30.71
Imagine Health PPO $30.71
BCBS Traditional $30.71
Curative Administrators COMM $35.10
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $35.10
Aetna OONPPO $35.19
Aetna OONPOS $35.19
Aetna OONHMO $35.19
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $37.73
Aetna ASAPPO $38.00
Aetna ASAPOS $38.00
Aetna ASAHMO $38.00
Averde Health Commercial $39.49
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $39.49
United GlobalAppendix $39.49
Coventry National First Health COMM $46.77
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $48.26
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $48.26
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $52.65
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $52.65
Independent Medical System COMM $52.65
Coastal Comp COMM $57.04
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $65.81
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $71.95
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $74.59
Physicians, INC COMM $74.59
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $74.59
USA Managed Care COMM $74.59
Affiliated PPO COMM $78.97
Humana HMO $173.86
Humana PPO $173.86
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00
BCBS MyBlueHealth $430.47
BCBS BAV $474.62
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00
BCBS PPO $594.19
BCBS EPOSOA $594.19
BCBS HMO $594.19
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00

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Treatment inhalation pressurized/nonpressurized acute airway obstruction at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $957.84 $708.25 – $708.25
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $203.49 $57.66 – $528.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $242.77 $49.97 – $528.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $325.31 $65.06 – $528.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $203.49 $54.26 – $528.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $242.77 $77.93 – $528.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $242.77 $125.43 – $3,235.82
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $325.31 $108.44 – $528.37

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