Upper Back (Thoracic Spine) CT Scan (with contrast) at HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD
5324 ATASCOCITA RD, HUMBLE, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1811942238
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Cash price 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 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.
$171.25 with Texas Health Network vs $13,582.26 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Texas Health Network | MCD | $171.25 | — |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $174.75 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $174.75 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $176.43 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $176.43 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $176.43 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $176.43 | — |
| United | MGMCD | $179.96 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $190.54 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $192.23 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $192.23 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $192.23 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $192.23 | — |
| Humana | MCD | $218.44 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $262.13 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $262.13 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $262.13 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $339.25 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $395.42 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $401.74 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $401.74 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $451.91 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $686.97 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $748.92 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $810.88 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $905.48 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $905.48 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $905.48 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $905.48 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $905.48 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $1,007.00 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $1,007.00 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $1,007.00 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $1,071.00 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $1,071.00 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $1,071.00 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $1,258.00 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $1,258.00 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $1,258.00 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $1,361.00 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $1,361.00 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $1,361.00 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $1,635.00 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $1,771.00 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $2,106.00 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $2,535.36 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $4,999.78 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $4,999.78 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $5,281.99 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $6,036.56 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $6,489.30 | — |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $6,791.13 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $6,791.13 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $7,817.35 | — |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $8,300.27 | — |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $8,300.27 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $9,054.84 | — |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $9,054.84 | — |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $9,054.84 | — |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $9,809.41 | — |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $11,318.55 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $12,374.95 | — |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $12,827.69 | — |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $12,827.69 | — |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $12,827.69 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $12,827.69 | — |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $13,582.26 | — |
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Upper Back (Thoracic Spine) CT Scan (with contrast) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $2,274.17 | $167.39 – $2,842.72 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $2,041.20 | $236.02 – $3,061.80 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $2,041.20 | $167.39 – $2,551.50 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $2,274.17 | $167.39 – $2,842.72 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $2,041.20 | $167.39 – $3,061.80 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $2,041.20 | $174.75 – $3,061.80 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $2,041.20 | $167.39 – $3,061.80 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $2,274.17 | $167.39 – $2,842.72 |