Formoterol fumarate, inh 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

$14.09

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.

$14.09

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.

$0.85 with Superior Health Plan vs $106.95 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 CHIP $0.85 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $0.85 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $0.85 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $0.85 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $0.85 ↓ -94%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1.70 ↓ -88%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $1.70 ↓ -88%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $1.83 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $1.83 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $1.83 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $1.83 ↓ -87%
United OptionsPPO $2.37 ↓ -83%
United SmallGroup $3.63 ↓ -74%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $3.63 ↓ -74%
United AllPayerAppendix $3.63 ↓ -74%
Molina Healthcare HIX $3.80 ↓ -73%
Cigna CSN $4.77 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $4.93 ↓ -65%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $5.16 ↓ -63%
Cigna PPO $6.15 ↓ -56%
United GlobalAppendix $6.34 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $7.51 ↓ -47%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $11.27 ↓ -20%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $33.34 ↑ +137%
BCBS BAV $36.74 ↑ +161%
BCBS HMO $45.93 ↑ +226%
BCBS EPOSOA $45.93 ↑ +226%
BCBS PPO $45.93 ↑ +226%
Humana HMO $106.95 ↑ +659%
Humana PPO $106.95 ↑ +659%

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Formoterol fumarate, inh at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $33.00 $2.20 – $106.95
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $14.09 $1.70 – $106.95
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $72.86 $65.49 – $65.49
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $18.14 $1.70 – $106.95
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE $158.98 $2.20 – $106.95
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $22.26 $2.20 – $106.95
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland $104.49 $1.70 – $106.95
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA $107.78 $1.70 – $106.95

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