X-ray lumbosacral spine complete including bending views >= 6 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

$1,793.46

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.

$1,793.46

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.

$60.25 with Texas Health Network vs $1,522.75 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 $60.25 ↓ -97%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $61.48 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $61.48 ↓ -97%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $61.48 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MGMCD $61.48 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $62.15 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $62.15 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $62.15 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $62.15 ↓ -97%
United MGMCD $63.39 ↓ -96%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $67.12 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $67.63 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $67.63 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $67.63 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare STAR $67.63 ↓ -96%
Humana MCD $76.85 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan STAR $101.52 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $101.52 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $101.52 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $101.52 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $101.52 ↓ -94%
Cigna CSN $172.10 ↓ -90%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $186.25 ↓ -90%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $197.26 ↓ -89%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $207.04 ↓ -88%
Cigna PPO $221.40 ↓ -88%
United SmallGroup $245.18 ↓ -86%
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18 ↓ -86%
BCBS BAV $249.94 ↓ -86%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $280.86 ↓ -84%
Aetna QHPExchange $282.56 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $284.25 ↓ -84%
Aetna NBPOS $375.55 ↓ -79%
Aetna NBPPO $375.55 ↓ -79%
Aetna NBHMO $375.55 ↓ -79%
BCBS HMO $381.07 ↓ -79%
BCBS EPOSOA $395.64 ↓ -78%
Aetna COMMPOS $399.50 ↓ -78%
Aetna COMMHMO $399.50 ↓ -78%
Aetna COMMPPO $399.50 ↓ -78%
BCBS PPO $409.09 ↓ -77%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $431.44 ↓ -76%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $461.90 ↓ -74%
Aetna OONPOS $469.74 ↓ -74%
Aetna OONPPO $469.74 ↓ -74%
Aetna OONHMO $469.74 ↓ -74%
Aetna ASAPOS $507.66 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASAHMO $507.66 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASAPPO $507.66 ↓ -72%
Imagine Health PPO $592.18 ↓ -67%
BCBS Traditional $592.18 ↓ -67%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $592.18 ↓ -67%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $676.78 ↓ -62%
Curative Administrators COMM $676.78 ↓ -62%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $727.53 ↓ -59%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $761.37 ↓ -58%
Averde Health Commercial $761.37 ↓ -58%
United GlobalAppendix $761.37 ↓ -58%
Humana HMO $788.26 ↓ -56%
Humana PPO $788.26 ↓ -56%
Coventry National First Health COMM $901.80 ↓ -50%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $930.57 ↓ -48%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $930.57 ↓ -48%
Independent Medical System COMM $1,015.16 ↓ -43%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $1,015.16 ↓ -43%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,015.16 ↓ -43%
Coastal Comp COMM $1,099.76 ↓ -39%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $1,268.95 ↓ -29%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,387.39 ↓ -23%
Physicians, INC COMM $1,438.15 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $1,438.15 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $1,438.15 ↓ -20%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $1,438.15 ↓ -20%
Affiliated PPO COMM $1,522.75 ↓ -15%

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