Ultrasound abdomen aorta screening study aaa 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

$1,212.75

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.

$1,212.75

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.

$72.77 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,091.47 with Affiliated PPO — 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 $72.77 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $72.77 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $72.77 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $72.77 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $72.77 ↓ -94%
Texas Health Network MCD $102.66 ↓ -92%
Amerigroup MGMCD $104.75 ↓ -91%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $104.75 ↓ -91%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $104.75 ↓ -91%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $104.75 ↓ -91%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $106.88 ↓ -91%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $106.88 ↓ -91%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $106.88 ↓ -91%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $106.88 ↓ -91%
United MGMCD $109.02 ↓ -91%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $115.23 ↓ -90%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $115.23 ↓ -90%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $115.23 ↓ -90%
Molina Healthcare STAR $115.23 ↓ -90%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $115.43 ↓ -90%
Humana MCD $130.94 ↓ -89%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $153.49 ↓ -87%
BCBS BAV $194.48 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $201.32 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $203.74 ↓ -83%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $207.04 ↓ -83%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $213.00 ↓ -82%
United SmallGroup $245.18 ↓ -80%
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18 ↓ -80%
BCBS HMO $296.51 ↓ -76%
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00 ↓ -75%
BCBS EPOSOA $307.85 ↓ -75%
BCBS PPO $318.32 ↓ -74%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $331.08 ↓ -73%
Humana HMO $386.99 ↓ -68%
Humana PPO $386.99 ↓ -68%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $424.46 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $424.46 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $424.46 ↓ -65%
Aetna QHPExchange $483.71 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $485.10 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $485.10 ↓ -60%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↓ -59%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $521.48 ↓ -57%
Averde Health Commercial $545.74 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $545.74 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $545.74 ↓ -55%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↓ -51%
Aetna NBPPO $642.89 ↓ -47%
Aetna NBPOS $642.89 ↓ -47%
Aetna NBHMO $642.89 ↓ -47%
Coventry National First Health COMM $646.40 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $667.01 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $667.01 ↓ -45%
Aetna COMMHMO $683.88 ↓ -44%
Aetna COMMPPO $683.88 ↓ -44%
Aetna COMMPOS $683.88 ↓ -44%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $727.65 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $727.65 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $727.65 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $788.29 ↓ -35%
Aetna OONHMO $804.13 ↓ -34%
Aetna OONPOS $804.13 ↓ -34%
Aetna OONPPO $804.13 ↓ -34%
Aetna ASAPPO $869.03 ↓ -28%
Aetna ASAHMO $869.03 ↓ -28%
Aetna ASAPOS $869.03 ↓ -28%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $909.56 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $994.46 ↓ -18%
USA Managed Care COMM $1,030.84 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $1,030.84 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $1,030.84 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $1,030.84 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $1,091.47 ↓ -10%

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