Warde 3400652 smear complex special stain ova/parasites 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

$34.29

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.

$34.29

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.

$2.06 with Superior Health Plan vs $240.10 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
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $2.06 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $2.06 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $2.06 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $2.06 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $2.06 ↓ -94%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $5.69 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $5.76 ↓ -83%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $9.36 ↓ -73%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $12.00 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $12.00 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $12.00 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $14.74 ↓ -57%
Texas Health Network MCD $14.80 ↓ -57%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $15.10 ↓ -56%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $15.10 ↓ -56%
Amerigroup MGMCD $15.10 ↓ -56%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $15.10 ↓ -56%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $15.10 ↓ -56%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $15.10 ↓ -56%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $15.10 ↓ -56%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $15.10 ↓ -56%
United MGMCD $15.40 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $15.43 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $15.43 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $15.43 ↓ -55%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $16.31 ↓ -52%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $16.61 ↓ -52%
Molina Healthcare STAR $16.61 ↓ -52%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $16.61 ↓ -52%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $16.61 ↓ -52%
Oscar MGMCR $17.62 ↓ -49%
WellMed MGMCR $17.89 ↓ -48%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $17.98 ↓ -48%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $17.98 ↓ -48%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $17.98 ↓ -48%
BCBS MCRPPO $17.98 ↓ -48%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $17.98 ↓ -48%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $17.98 ↓ -48%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $17.98 ↓ -48%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $17.98 ↓ -48%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $17.98 ↓ -48%
United SmallGroup $17.98 ↓ -48%
Amerigroup DualEligible $17.98 ↓ -48%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $17.98 ↓ -48%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $17.98 ↓ -48%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $17.98 ↓ -48%
Devoted Health MGMCR $17.98 ↓ -48%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $17.98 ↓ -48%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $17.98 ↓ -48%
United AllPayerAppendix $17.98 ↓ -48%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $17.98 ↓ -48%
Aetna MCR $18.13 ↓ -47%
Van Lang IPA MCR $18.16 ↓ -47%
Coventry National First Health COMM $18.28 ↓ -47%
United MCR $18.34 ↓ -47%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $18.52 ↓ -46%
WellCare PFFS $18.52 ↓ -46%
WellCare MCRHMO $18.52 ↓ -46%
WellCare POS $18.52 ↓ -46%
WellCare SNP $18.52 ↓ -46%
WellCare PPO $18.52 ↓ -46%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $18.86 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $18.86 ↓ -45%
American Health Plan MGMCR $18.88 ↓ -45%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $18.88 ↓ -45%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $18.88 ↓ -45%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $18.88 ↓ -45%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $18.88 ↓ -45%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $18.88 ↓ -45%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $18.88 ↓ -45%
Shared Health MGMCR $18.88 ↓ -45%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $18.88 ↓ -45%
Humana MCD $18.88 ↓ -45%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $19.06 ↓ -44%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $19.06 ↓ -44%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $19.06 ↓ -44%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $19.06 ↓ -44%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $19.06 ↓ -44%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $19.46 ↓ -43%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $19.46 ↓ -43%
Molina MGMCR $19.60 ↓ -43%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $20.57 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $20.57 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $20.57 ↓ -40%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $21.58 ↓ -37%
Coastal Comp COMM $22.29 ↓ -35%
Verda Health Plan MCR $23.37 ↓ -32%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $25.72 ↓ -25%
Superior ValueHMO $26.07 ↓ -24%
Community Health Choice HIX $26.07 ↓ -24%
Superior EPO $27.87 ↓ -19%
Superior HMO $27.87 ↓ -19%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $28.12 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $29.15 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $29.15 ↓ -15%
USA Managed Care COMM $29.15 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $29.15 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $30.86 ↓ -10%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $34.16 ↓ -0%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $35.60 ↑ +4%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $36.32 ↑ +6%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $37.76 ↑ +10%
Molina Healthcare HIX $38.66 ↑ +13%
BCBS BAV $40.10 ↑ +17%
BCBS HMO $50.16 ↑ +46%
Oscar HIX $51.96 ↑ +52%
BCBS EPOSOA $53.76 ↑ +57%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $53.92 ↑ +57%
BCBS PPO $57.36 ↑ +67%
Aetna QHPExchange $65.84 ↑ +92%
Cigna CSN $73.87 ↑ +115%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $80.01 ↑ +133%
Aetna NBPPO $87.56 ↑ +155%
Aetna NBHMO $87.56 ↑ +155%
Aetna NBPOS $87.56 ↑ +155%
Aetna COMMPPO $93.02 ↑ +171%
Aetna COMMPOS $93.02 ↑ +171%
Aetna COMMHMO $93.02 ↑ +171%
Cigna PPO $95.19 ↑ +178%
Aetna OONPPO $109.28 ↑ +219%
Aetna OONHMO $109.28 ↑ +219%
Aetna OONPOS $109.28 ↑ +219%
Aetna ASAPPO $118.16 ↑ +245%
Aetna ASAPOS $118.16 ↑ +245%
Aetna ASAHMO $118.16 ↑ +245%
Humana HMO $240.10 ↑ +600%
Humana PPO $240.10 ↑ +600%
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