X-ray abdomen 2 views 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.

$36.02 with Texas Health Network vs $1,682.10 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.

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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 Health Network MCD $36.02
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $36.75
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $36.75
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $36.75
Amerigroup MGMCD $36.75
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $37.09
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $37.09
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $37.09
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $37.09
United MGMCD $37.83
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $40.06
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $40.43
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $40.43
Molina Healthcare STAR $40.43
Molina Healthcare CHIP $40.43
Humana MCD $45.94
Cigna CSN $94.44
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $102.20
Superior Health Plan CHIP $112.14
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $112.14
Superior Health Plan STARKids $112.14
Superior Health Plan STAR $112.14
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $112.14
Cigna PPO $121.49
Aetna QHPExchange $153.14
BCBS MyBlueHealth $197.26
Aetna NBHMO $203.54
Aetna NBPOS $203.54
Aetna NBPPO $203.54
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $207.04
Aetna COMMPPO $216.52
Aetna COMMPOS $216.52
Aetna COMMHMO $216.52
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
United SmallGroup $245.18
BCBS BAV $249.94
Aetna OONPOS $254.59
Aetna OONPPO $254.59
Aetna OONHMO $254.59
Aetna ASAHMO $275.13
Aetna ASAPOS $275.13
Aetna ASAPPO $275.13
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $310.25
United OptionsPPO $313.99
Humana PPO $377.94
Humana HMO $377.94
BCBS HMO $381.07
BCBS EPOSOA $395.64
BCBS PPO $409.09
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $476.60
Evry Health BroadNetwork $510.24
BCBS Traditional $654.15
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $654.15
Imagine Health PPO $654.15
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $747.60
Curative Administrators COMM $747.60
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $803.67
United GlobalAppendix $841.05
Averde Health Commercial $841.05
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $841.05
Coventry National First Health COMM $996.18
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $1,027.95
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $1,027.95
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $1,121.40
Independent Medical System COMM $1,121.40
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,121.40
Coastal Comp COMM $1,214.85
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $1,401.75
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,532.58
USA Managed Care COMM $1,588.65
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $1,588.65
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $1,588.65
Physicians, INC COMM $1,588.65
Affiliated PPO COMM $1,682.10

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X-ray abdomen 2 views at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $850.70 $431.51 – $431.51
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $316.30 $36.75 – $395.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $328.57 $67.63 – $492.85
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $316.47 $36.75 – $395.59
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $316.30 $36.75 – $395.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $328.57 $39.32 – $492.85
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $328.57 $36.75 – $492.85
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $316.47 $36.75 – $474.70

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