X-ray colon abdominal radiograph(s) & delayed images single contrast study 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

$4,806.62

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.

$4,806.62

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.

$150.63 with Texas Health Network vs $4,325.96 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 $150.63 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MGMCD $153.70 ↓ -97%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $153.70 ↓ -97%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $153.70 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $153.70 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $156.04 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $156.04 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $156.04 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $156.04 ↓ -97%
United MGMCD $159.16 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $168.52 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare STAR $169.07 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $169.07 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $169.07 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $169.07 ↓ -96%
Humana MCD $192.13 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan STAR $288.40 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $288.40 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $288.40 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $288.40 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $288.40 ↓ -94%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $320.71 ↓ -93%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $339.25 ↓ -93%
Cigna CSN $389.33 ↓ -92%
United SmallGroup $401.74 ↓ -92%
United AllPayerAppendix $401.74 ↓ -92%
BCBS BAV $406.35 ↓ -92%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $421.34 ↓ -91%
Cigna PPO $500.86 ↓ -90%
BCBS HMO $619.55 ↓ -87%
BCBS EPOSOA $643.24 ↓ -87%
Aetna QHPExchange $651.08 ↓ -86%
BCBS PPO $665.10 ↓ -86%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $797.90 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $807.51 ↓ -83%
Aetna NBPOS $865.34 ↓ -82%
Aetna NBPPO $865.34 ↓ -82%
Aetna NBHMO $865.34 ↓ -82%
Aetna COMMHMO $920.52 ↓ -81%
Aetna COMMPPO $920.52 ↓ -81%
Aetna COMMPOS $920.52 ↓ -81%
Aetna OONHMO $1,082.37 ↓ -77%
Aetna OONPOS $1,082.37 ↓ -77%
Aetna OONPPO $1,082.37 ↓ -77%
Aetna ASAPOS $1,169.73 ↓ -76%
Aetna ASAPPO $1,169.73 ↓ -76%
Aetna ASAHMO $1,169.73 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,225.69 ↓ -74%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $1,312.21 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $1,682.32 ↓ -65%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $1,682.32 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $1,682.32 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,922.65 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $1,922.65 ↓ -60%
Humana HMO $2,024.55 ↓ -58%
Humana PPO $2,024.55 ↓ -58%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $2,066.85 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $2,162.98 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $2,162.98 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $2,162.98 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $2,561.93 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $2,643.64 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $2,643.64 ↓ -45%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $2,883.97 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $2,883.97 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $2,883.97 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $3,124.30 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $3,604.97 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $3,941.43 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $4,085.63 ↓ -15%
USA Managed Care COMM $4,085.63 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $4,085.63 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $4,085.63 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $4,325.96 ↓ -10%

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