Ziconotide injection 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

$49.66

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.

$49.66

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.

$2.98 with Superior Health Plan vs $73.93 with Humana — 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
Superior Health Plan STAR $2.98 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $2.98 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $2.98 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $2.98 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $2.98 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $6.46 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $6.46 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $6.46 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $6.46 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $6.95 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MGMCD $6.95 ↓ -86%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $8.24 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $8.34 ↓ -83%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $10.57 ↓ -79%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $10.57 ↓ -79%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $10.94 ↓ -78%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $11.77 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $11.77 ↓ -76%
BCBS PPO $15.07 ↓ -70%
BCBS EPOSOA $15.07 ↓ -70%
BCBS HMO $15.07 ↓ -70%
BCBS Traditional $17.38 ↓ -65%
United SmallGroup $17.44 ↓ -65%
United AllPayerAppendix $17.44 ↓ -65%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $17.44 ↓ -65%
BCBS BAV $18.80 ↓ -62%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $21.35 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $22.35 ↓ -55%
Cigna CSN $24.51 ↓ -51%
Coventry National First Health COMM $26.47 ↓ -47%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $26.54 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $27.31 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $27.31 ↓ -45%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $29.80 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $29.80 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $29.80 ↓ -40%
Cigna PPO $31.61 ↓ -36%
Coastal Comp COMM $32.28 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $37.24 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $40.72 ↓ -18%
USA Managed Care COMM $42.21 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $42.21 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $42.21 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $42.21 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $44.69 ↓ -10%
Humana HMO $73.93 ↑ +49%
Humana PPO $73.93 ↑ +49%

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