Valvuloplasty aortic 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

$14,686.58

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.

$14,686.58

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.

$300.00 with Texas Athletic Network vs $43,890.00 with Curative Administrators — 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
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00 ↓ -98%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↓ -97%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↓ -96%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $1,909.26 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $1,909.26 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $1,909.26 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $1,909.26 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $2,056.12 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MGMCD $2,056.12 ↓ -86%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $2,437.97 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $2,467.35 ↓ -83%
Aetna QHPExchange $2,643.00 ↓ -82%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $3,480.72 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $3,480.72 ↓ -76%
Aetna NBPOS $3,511.00 ↓ -76%
Aetna NBHMO $3,511.00 ↓ -76%
Aetna COMMHMO $3,730.00 ↓ -75%
Aetna COMMPOS $3,730.00 ↓ -75%
Aetna NBPPO $3,792.00 ↓ -74%
Aetna COMMPPO $4,028.00 ↓ -73%
Aetna OONPOS $4,390.00 ↓ -70%
Aetna OONHMO $4,390.00 ↓ -70%
Aetna OONPPO $4,740.00 ↓ -68%
Aetna ASAPOS $4,742.00 ↓ -68%
Aetna ASAHMO $4,742.00 ↓ -68%
Averde Health Commercial $5,000.00 ↓ -66%
Aetna ASAPPO $5,120.00 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $5,140.30 ↓ -65%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $5,591.00 ↓ -62%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $5,591.00 ↓ -62%
Superior Health Plan STAR $5,591.00 ↓ -62%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $5,591.00 ↓ -62%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $5,591.00 ↓ -62%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $5,874.63 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $6,315.23 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $6,608.96 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $7,827.95 ↓ -47%
Imagine Health PPO $7,874.00 ↓ -46%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $8,077.62 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $8,077.62 ↓ -45%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $8,798.00 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $8,811.95 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $8,811.95 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $8,811.95 ↓ -40%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $9,115.00 ↓ -38%
Coastal Comp COMM $9,546.28 ↓ -35%
Humana HMO $10,106.00 ↓ -31%
Humana PPO $10,106.00 ↓ -31%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $10,948.14 ↓ -25%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $11,014.93 ↓ -25%
Oscar HIX $11,153.00 ↓ -24%
BCBS BAV $12,038.00 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $12,043.00 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $12,483.59 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $12,483.59 ↓ -15%
USA Managed Care COMM $12,483.59 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $12,483.59 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $13,217.92 ↓ -10%
BCBS HMO $16,694.68 ↑ +14%
United SmallGroup $16,800.00 ↑ +14%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $17,117.00 ↑ +17%
BCBS EPOSOA $17,834.08 ↑ +21%
BCBS PPO $18,973.48 ↑ +29%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $21,231.00 ↑ +45%
United AllPayerAppendix $24,000.00 ↑ +63%
Cigna CSN $28,305.00 ↑ +93%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $29,288.00 ↑ +99%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $30,666.00 ↑ +109%
Cigna PPO $36,462.00 ↑ +148%
Curative Administrators COMM $43,890.00 ↑ +199%

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