X-ray esophogram chest 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

$3,920.31

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.

$3,920.31

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.

$95.61 with Texas Health Network vs $3,528.28 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 $95.61 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $97.56 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $97.56 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $97.56 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $97.56 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $99.90 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $99.90 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $99.90 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $99.90 ↓ -97%
United MGMCD $101.90 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $107.32 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $107.32 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $107.32 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STAR $107.32 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $107.89 ↓ -97%
Humana MCD $121.95 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan STAR $235.22 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $235.22 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $235.22 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $235.22 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $235.22 ↓ -94%
Cigna CSN $258.28 ↓ -93%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $279.52 ↓ -93%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $320.71 ↓ -92%
Cigna PPO $332.27 ↓ -92%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $339.25 ↓ -91%
United SmallGroup $401.74 ↓ -90%
United AllPayerAppendix $401.74 ↓ -90%
BCBS BAV $406.35 ↓ -90%
Aetna QHPExchange $429.97 ↓ -89%
Aetna NBPPO $571.47 ↓ -85%
Aetna NBHMO $571.47 ↓ -85%
Aetna NBPOS $571.47 ↓ -85%
Aetna COMMHMO $607.91 ↓ -84%
Aetna COMMPOS $607.91 ↓ -84%
Aetna COMMPPO $607.91 ↓ -84%
BCBS HMO $619.55 ↓ -84%
BCBS EPOSOA $643.24 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $650.77 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $658.61 ↓ -83%
BCBS PPO $665.10 ↓ -83%
Aetna OONHMO $714.79 ↓ -82%
Aetna OONPOS $714.79 ↓ -82%
Aetna OONPPO $714.79 ↓ -82%
Aetna ASAPPO $772.49 ↓ -80%
Aetna ASAHMO $772.49 ↓ -80%
Aetna ASAPOS $772.49 ↓ -80%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $999.68 ↓ -74%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $1,070.24 ↓ -73%
Humana PPO $1,142.27 ↓ -71%
Humana HMO $1,142.27 ↓ -71%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $1,372.11 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $1,372.11 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $1,372.11 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,568.12 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $1,568.12 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $1,685.73 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $1,764.14 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $1,764.14 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $1,764.14 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $2,089.53 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $2,156.17 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $2,156.17 ↓ -45%
Independent Medical System COMM $2,352.19 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $2,352.19 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $2,352.19 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $2,548.20 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $2,940.23 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $3,214.65 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $3,332.26 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $3,332.26 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $3,332.26 ↓ -15%
USA Managed Care COMM $3,332.26 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $3,528.28 ↓ -10%

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