Urine ost pouch w faucet/tap 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.

$9.10 with Oscar vs $71.39 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 $9.10
WellMed MGMCR $9.24
Devoted Health MGMCR $9.29
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $9.29
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $9.29
Amerigroup DualEligible $9.29
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $9.29
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $9.29
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $9.29
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $9.29
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $9.29
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $9.29
BCBS MCRPPO $9.29
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $9.29
CHC Harris Health Indigent $9.29
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $9.29
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $9.29
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $9.29
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $9.29
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $9.29
Aetna MCR $9.37
Van Lang IPA MCR $9.38
BCBS MyBlueHealth $9.39
United MCR $9.48
WellCare POS $9.57
WellCare PPO $9.57
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $9.57
WellCare PFFS $9.57
WellCare MCRHMO $9.57
WellCare SNP $9.57
Superior Health Plan PFFS $9.75
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $9.75
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $9.75
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $9.75
American Health Plan MGMCR $9.75
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $9.75
Shared Health MGMCR $9.75
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $9.75
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $9.75
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $9.85
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $9.85
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $9.85
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $9.85
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $9.85
Molina MGMCR $10.13
BCBS BAV $10.37
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $11.15
Verda Health Plan MCR $12.08
BCBS HMO $12.94
Superior ValueHMO $13.47
Community Health Choice HIX $13.47
BCBS EPOSOA $13.70
Superior EPO $14.40
Superior HMO $14.40
BCBS PPO $14.46
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $17.65
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $18.39
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $19.51
Molina Healthcare HIX $19.97
Humana PPO $71.39
Humana HMO $71.39

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Urine ost pouch w faucet/tap at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $120.50 $9.10 – $19.97
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $9.10 – $19.97
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock not published $8.71 – $8.71
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $9.10 – $19.97
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $9.10 – $19.97
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $9.10 – $19.97
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $9.10 – $19.97
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $9.10 – $19.97

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