X-ray heel/calcaneus > 2 views (both sides) 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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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.

$28.17 with Texas Health Network vs $1,602.90 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 $28.17
Amerigroup MGMCD $28.74
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $28.74
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $28.74
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $28.74
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $28.74
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $28.74
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $28.74
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $28.74
United MGMCD $29.31
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $31.04
Molina Healthcare STAR $31.61
Molina Healthcare CHIP $31.61
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $31.61
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $31.61
Humana MCD $35.92
Cigna CSN $76.23
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $82.50
Superior Health Plan STAR $84.90
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $84.90
Superior Health Plan CHIP $84.90
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $84.90
Superior Health Plan STARKids $84.90
Cigna PPO $98.07
Aetna QHPExchange $125.25
BCBS MyBlueHealth $140.47
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $153.71
Aetna NBPPO $166.46
Aetna NBPOS $166.46
Aetna NBHMO $166.46
Aetna COMMPPO $177.08
Aetna COMMPOS $177.08
Aetna COMMHMO $177.08
BCBS BAV $177.98
United SmallGroup $182.03
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
Aetna OONPPO $208.21
Aetna OONPOS $208.21
Aetna OONHMO $208.21
Aetna ASAPOS $225.02
Aetna ASAHMO $225.02
Aetna ASAPPO $225.02
BCBS HMO $271.35
BCBS EPOSOA $281.73
United OptionsPPO $285.82
BCBS PPO $291.31
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $295.65
Humana PPO $334.70
Humana HMO $334.70
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $360.81
Evry Health BroadNetwork $386.28
BCBS Traditional $495.23
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $565.97
Curative Administrators COMM $565.97
Imagine Health PPO $623.35
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $623.35
United GlobalAppendix $636.72
Coventry National First Health COMM $754.16
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $765.83
Averde Health Commercial $801.45
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $801.45
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $979.55
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $979.55
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $1,061.20
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,068.60
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $1,068.60
Independent Medical System COMM $1,068.60
Coastal Comp COMM $1,157.65
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $1,202.69
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,460.42
USA Managed Care COMM $1,513.85
Physicians, INC COMM $1,513.85
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $1,513.85
Affiliated PPO COMM $1,602.90

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X-ray heel/calcaneus > 2 views (both sides) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $461.06 $307.27 – $307.27
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $121.09 $28.74 – $225.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $270.11 $55.60 – $405.16
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $287.12 $28.74 – $358.90
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $121.09 $28.74 – $225.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $270.11 $30.75 – $405.16
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $270.11 $28.74 – $405.16
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $287.12 $28.74 – $430.68

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