X-ray skull > 4 views complete 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.

$43.88 with Texas Health Network vs $3,166.97 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 $43.88
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $44.78
Amerigroup MGMCD $44.78
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $44.78
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $44.78
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $44.78
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $44.78
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $44.78
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $44.78
United MGMCD $45.68
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $48.36
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $49.26
Molina Healthcare CHIP $49.26
Molina Healthcare STAR $49.26
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $49.26
Humana MCD $55.98
Cigna CSN $113.85
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $123.22
Cigna PPO $146.47
Superior Health Plan STAR $166.08
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $166.08
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $166.08
Superior Health Plan STARKids $166.08
Superior Health Plan CHIP $166.08
Aetna QHPExchange $186.98
BCBS MyBlueHealth $197.26
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $207.04
United SmallGroup $245.18
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
Aetna NBPPO $248.52
Aetna NBPOS $248.52
Aetna NBHMO $248.52
BCBS BAV $249.94
Aetna COMMHMO $264.36
Aetna COMMPOS $264.36
Aetna COMMPPO $264.36
Aetna OONPPO $310.85
Aetna OONPOS $310.85
Aetna OONHMO $310.85
Aetna ASAHMO $335.94
Aetna ASAPOS $335.94
Aetna ASAPPO $335.94
BCBS HMO $381.07
BCBS EPOSOA $395.64
BCBS PPO $409.09
Humana PPO $489.99
Humana HMO $489.99
United OptionsPPO $559.12
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $584.13
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $705.82
Evry Health BroadNetwork $755.64
BCBS Traditional $968.78
Curative Administrators COMM $1,107.17
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,107.17
Imagine Health PPO $1,231.60
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $1,231.60
United GlobalAppendix $1,245.57
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,475.31
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $1,513.11
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $1,583.48
Averde Health Commercial $1,583.48
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $1,935.37
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $1,935.37
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $2,075.95
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $2,111.31
Independent Medical System COMM $2,111.31
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $2,111.31
Coastal Comp COMM $2,287.25
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $2,352.74
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2,885.46
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $2,991.02
Physicians, INC COMM $2,991.02
USA Managed Care COMM $2,991.02
Affiliated PPO COMM $3,166.97

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X-ray skull > 4 views complete at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $350.76 $44.78 – $438.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $440.90 $90.75 – $661.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $449.72 $44.78 – $562.15
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $350.76 $44.78 – $438.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $440.90 $47.91 – $661.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $440.90 $44.78 – $661.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $449.72 $44.78 – $674.58
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $350.76 $44.78 – $438.45

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