Denosumab 120 mg/1.7 ml (70 mg/ml) subcutaneous solution at HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER
1313 Hermann Dr, Houston, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1073043592
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Cash price 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 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.
$27.81 with Christus (USFHP) vs $180.97 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $27.81 | — |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $27.81 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $36.34 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $40.05 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $48.61 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $48.61 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $48.61 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $50.06 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $50.06 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $50.06 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $70.76 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $76.61 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $91.23 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $180.97 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $180.97 | — |
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Denosumab 120 mg/1.7 ml (70 mg/ml) subcutaneous solution at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $7,933.81 | $16.69 – $12,485.34 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $7,933.81 | $20.21 – $12,485.34 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | not published | $29.46 – $180.97 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $27.81 – $180.97 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $18,783.57 | $71.38 – $71.38 |
| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | $20,855.17 | $69.34 – $102.33 |
| HCA HOUSTON CONROE | CONROE | $7,756.62 | $29.46 – $180.97 |
| St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital | Madisonville | $401.36 | $25.59 – $1,289.57 |