X-ray sternoclavicular joint(s) > 3 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

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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.

$40.61 with Texas Health Network vs $1,467.31 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 $40.61
Amerigroup MGMCD $41.44
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $41.44
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $41.44
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $41.44
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $41.44
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $41.44
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $41.44
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $41.44
United MGMCD $42.27
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $44.76
Molina Healthcare STAR $45.58
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $45.58
Molina Healthcare CHIP $45.58
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $45.58
Humana MCD $51.80
Superior Health Plan STAR $97.82
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $97.82
Superior Health Plan CHIP $97.82
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $97.82
Superior Health Plan STARKids $97.82
Cigna CSN $112.61
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $121.87
BCBS MyBlueHealth $140.47
Cigna PPO $144.87
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $153.71
BCBS BAV $177.98
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
United SmallGroup $182.03
Aetna QHPExchange $185.00
Aetna NBPPO $245.88
Aetna NBHMO $245.88
Aetna NBPOS $245.88
Aetna COMMPOS $261.56
Aetna COMMPPO $261.56
Aetna COMMHMO $261.56
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $270.64
BCBS HMO $271.35
United OptionsPPO $273.90
BCBS EPOSOA $281.73
BCBS PPO $291.31
Aetna OONHMO $307.55
Aetna OONPOS $307.55
Aetna OONPPO $307.55
Aetna ASAPOS $332.37
Aetna ASAHMO $332.37
Aetna ASAPPO $332.37
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $415.74
Humana HMO $433.87
Humana PPO $433.87
Evry Health BroadNetwork $445.08
BCBS Traditional $570.62
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $570.62
Imagine Health PPO $570.62
Curative Administrators COMM $652.14
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $652.14
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $701.05
Averde Health Commercial $733.65
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $733.65
United GlobalAppendix $733.65
Coventry National First Health COMM $868.97
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $896.69
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $896.69
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $978.20
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $978.20
Independent Medical System COMM $978.20
Coastal Comp COMM $1,059.72
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $1,222.76
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,336.88
USA Managed Care COMM $1,385.79
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $1,385.79
Physicians, INC COMM $1,385.79
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $1,385.79
Affiliated PPO COMM $1,467.31

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X-ray sternoclavicular joint(s) > 3 views at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $218.48 $41.44 – $273.10
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $218.48 $44.97 – $327.72
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $221.11 $41.44 – $276.38
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $218.48 $41.44 – $273.10
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $218.48 $44.34 – $327.72
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $218.48 $41.44 – $327.72
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $221.11 $41.44 – $331.66
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $218.48 $41.44 – $273.10

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