Adenosine 3 mg/250 ml bag for osm at HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER

1313 Hermann Dr, Houston, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1073043592

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 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.

$0.39 with TriWest Health Alliance vs $3,397.86 with TriWest Healthcare Alliance — 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
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $0.39
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $0.39
United SmallGroup $0.87
United AllPayerAppendix $0.87
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $0.87
Cigna CSN $1.11
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $1.21
Cigna PPO $1.44
BCBS MyBlueHealth $2.47
BCBS BAV $2.72
BCBS HMO $3.40
BCBS EPOSOA $3.40
BCBS PPO $3.40
Humana HMO $8.08
Humana PPO $8.08
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $254.84
Superior Health Plan STARKids $254.84
Superior Health Plan STAR $254.84
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $254.84
Superior Health Plan CHIP $254.84
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $552.15
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $552.15
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $552.15
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $552.15
United OptionsPPO $713.55
Molina Healthcare HIX $1,146.78
BCBS Traditional $1,486.57
United GlobalAppendix $1,911.30
Coventry National First Health COMM $2,263.83
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $3,397.86

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Adenosine 3 mg/250 ml bag for osm at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $672.25 $0.56 – $55.97
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $672.25 $0.46 – $55.97
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $0.53 – $8.08
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $0.39 – $8.08
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $762.46 $4.85 – $4.85
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $413.70 $0.46 – $885.75
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $234.26 $0.45 – $35.06
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $672.25 $0.46 – $55.97

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