Ipratropium bromide non-comp 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

$55.92

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$55.92

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.

$0.36 with TriWest Health Alliance vs $44.74 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 $0.36 ↓ -99%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $0.36 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $0.66 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $0.66 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $0.66 ↓ -99%
Cigna CSN $0.94 ↓ -98%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $1.00 ↓ -98%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $1.02 ↓ -98%
BCBS BAV $1.10 ↓ -98%
Cigna PPO $1.22 ↓ -98%
BCBS HMO $1.38 ↓ -98%
BCBS EPOSOA $1.38 ↓ -98%
BCBS PPO $1.38 ↓ -98%
Humana HMO $2.14 ↓ -96%
Humana PPO $2.14 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $3.36 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $3.36 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $3.36 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $3.36 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $3.36 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $7.27 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $7.27 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $7.27 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $7.27 ↓ -87%
United OptionsPPO $9.39 ↓ -83%
Molina Healthcare HIX $15.10 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $19.57 ↓ -65%
United GlobalAppendix $25.16 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $29.81 ↓ -47%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $44.74 ↓ -20%

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Ipratropium bromide non-comp at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $57.00 $0.40 – $2.14
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $49.47 $0.36 – $2.14
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $6.92 $1.96 – $1.96
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $9.07 $0.36 – $2.14
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $4.62 $1.22 – $2.04
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE $36.06 $0.40 – $2.14
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $54.19 $0.40 – $2.14
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING $50.44 $0.36 – $2.14

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