Vital capacity test at HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD
5324 ATASCOCITA RD, HUMBLE, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1811942238
$570.37
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.
$570.37
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.
$34.22 with Superior Health Plan vs $600.00 with Texas Athletic Network — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $34.22 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $34.22 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $34.22 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $34.22 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $34.22 | ↓ -94% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $74.15 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $74.15 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $74.15 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $74.15 | ↓ -87% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $79.85 | ↓ -86% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $79.85 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | CSN | $84.41 | ↓ -85% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $91.26 | ↓ -84% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $94.68 | ↓ -83% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $95.82 | ↓ -83% |
| Cigna | PPO | $108.37 | ↓ -81% |
| Oscar | HIX | $111.22 | ↓ -81% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $135.18 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $135.18 | ↓ -76% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $145.44 | ↓ -75% |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $151.15 | ↓ -73% |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $155.71 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $183.09 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $183.09 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $183.09 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $195.07 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $195.07 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $195.07 | ↓ -66% |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $199.63 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $199.63 | ↓ -65% |
| Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) | COMM | $199.63 | ↓ -65% |
| Humana | PPO | $203.37 | ↓ -64% |
| Humana | HMO | $203.37 | ↓ -64% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $228.15 | ↓ -60% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $228.15 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $228.72 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $228.72 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $228.72 | ↓ -60% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $245.26 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $246.97 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $246.97 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $246.97 | ↓ -57% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $256.67 | ↓ -55% |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $256.67 | ↓ -55% |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $256.67 | ↓ -55% |
| Texas Athletic Network | Premier | $300.00 | ↓ -47% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $304.01 | ↓ -47% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $313.70 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $313.70 | ↓ -45% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $323.74 | ↓ -43% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $342.22 | ↓ -40% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $342.22 | ↓ -40% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $342.22 | ↓ -40% |
| BCBS | BAV | $356.94 | ↓ -37% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $370.74 | ↓ -35% |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $427.78 | ↓ -25% |
| BCBS | HMO | $446.87 | ↓ -22% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $446.87 | ↓ -22% |
| BCBS | PPO | $446.87 | ↓ -22% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $467.70 | ↓ -18% |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $484.81 | ↓ -15% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $484.81 | ↓ -15% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $484.81 | ↓ -15% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $484.81 | ↓ -15% |
| Texas Athletic Network | PremierPlus | $500.00 | ↓ -12% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $513.33 | ↓ -10% |
| Texas Athletic Network | TexasCustomUC | $600.00 | ↑ +5% |
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Vital capacity test at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $200.99 | $56.95 – $386.96 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $197.26 | $40.60 – $386.96 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $207.11 | $41.42 – $386.96 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $200.99 | $53.60 – $386.96 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $197.26 | $63.32 – $386.96 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $197.26 | $101.92 – $386.96 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $207.11 | $69.04 – $386.96 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $200.99 | $53.60 – $386.96 |