Epoprostenol (arginine) 1 mg in 50 ml ns inhalation syringe - cnr 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.
$8.34 with Superior Health Plan vs $157.20 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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| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $8.34 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $8.34 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $8.34 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $8.34 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $8.34 | — |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $16.08 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $16.08 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $17.66 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $18.06 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $18.06 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $18.06 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $18.06 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $19.46 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $23.34 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $24.33 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $24.33 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $24.33 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $25.82 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $25.82 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $25.82 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $37.52 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $39.20 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $42.44 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $48.63 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $50.54 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $62.53 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $74.06 | — |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | FED | $111.16 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $157.20 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $157.20 | — |
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Epoprostenol (arginine) 1 mg in 50 ml ns inhalation syringe - cnr at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $129.27 | $8.11 – $131.17 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $129.27 | $9.82 – $131.17 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | not published | $15.65 – $157.20 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $16.08 – $157.20 |
| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | $89.40 | $33.70 – $60.65 |
| HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST | SPRING | $308.99 | $16.08 – $157.20 |
| St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital | Spring | $129.27 | $9.82 – $131.17 |
| St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital | Sugar Land | $129.27 | $9.82 – $131.17 |