Truss single 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.

$101.21 with Oscar vs $794.39 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 $101.21
WellMed MGMCR $102.76
Devoted Health MGMCR $103.28
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $103.28
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $103.28
Amerigroup DualEligible $103.28
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $103.28
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $103.28
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $103.28
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $103.28
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $103.28
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $103.28
BCBS MCRPPO $103.28
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $103.28
CHC Harris Health Indigent $103.28
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $103.28
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $103.28
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $103.28
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $103.28
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $103.28
Aetna MCR $104.16
Van Lang IPA MCR $104.31
United MCR $105.35
WellCare POS $106.38
WellCare MCRHMO $106.38
WellCare PPO $106.38
WellCare PFFS $106.38
WellCare SNP $106.38
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $106.38
American Health Plan MGMCR $108.44
Superior Health Plan PFFS $108.44
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $108.44
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $108.44
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $108.44
Shared Health MGMCR $108.44
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $108.44
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $108.44
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $108.44
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $109.48
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $109.48
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $109.48
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $109.48
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $109.48
Molina MGMCR $112.58
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $123.94
Verda Health Plan MCR $134.26
Community Health Choice HIX $149.76
Superior ValueHMO $149.76
Superior HMO $160.08
Superior EPO $160.08
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $196.23
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $204.49
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $216.89
Molina Healthcare HIX $222.05
Humana HMO $794.39
Humana PPO $794.39

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Truss single with standard pad at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $101.21 – $222.05
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $101.21 – $222.05
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $101.21 – $222.05
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $101.21 – $222.05
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $101.21 – $222.05
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $101.21 – $222.05
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $101.21 – $222.05
Covenant Medical Center Lubbock not published $103.28 – $108.96

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