Truss double with standard pad 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.

$159.79 with Oscar vs $1,254.12 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 $159.79
WellMed MGMCR $162.23
Devoted Health MGMCR $163.05
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $163.05
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $163.05
Amerigroup DualEligible $163.05
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $163.05
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $163.05
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $163.05
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $163.05
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $163.05
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $163.05
BCBS MCRPPO $163.05
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $163.05
CHC Harris Health Indigent $163.05
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $163.05
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $163.05
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $163.05
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $163.05
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $163.05
Aetna MCR $164.44
Van Lang IPA MCR $164.68
United MCR $166.31
WellCare POS $167.94
WellCare MCRHMO $167.94
WellCare PPO $167.94
WellCare PFFS $167.94
WellCare SNP $167.94
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $167.94
American Health Plan MGMCR $171.20
Superior Health Plan PFFS $171.20
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $171.20
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $171.20
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $171.20
Shared Health MGMCR $171.20
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $171.20
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $171.20
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $171.20
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $172.83
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $172.83
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $172.83
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $172.83
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $172.83
Molina MGMCR $177.72
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $195.66
Verda Health Plan MCR $211.97
Community Health Choice HIX $236.42
Superior ValueHMO $236.42
Superior HMO $252.73
Superior EPO $252.73
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $309.80
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $322.84
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $342.41
Molina Healthcare HIX $350.56
Humana HMO $1,254.12
Humana PPO $1,254.12

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Truss double with standard pad at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $159.79 – $350.56
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $159.79 – $350.56
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $159.79 – $350.56
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $159.79 – $350.56
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $159.79 – $350.56
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $159.79 – $350.56
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $159.79 – $350.56
Covenant Medical Center Lubbock not published $163.05 – $172.02

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