Mesna 100 mg/ml intravenous 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.
$1.36 with Christus (USFHP) vs $37.12 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.
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 | $1.36 | — |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $1.36 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $2.78 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $2.78 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $2.78 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $2.78 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $2.78 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $2.81 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $2.81 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $2.81 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $3.22 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $3.48 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $4.15 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $6.03 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $6.03 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $6.03 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $6.03 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $7.80 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $12.53 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $13.88 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $15.29 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $16.24 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $19.12 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $19.12 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $19.12 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $20.88 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $23.18 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $23.18 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $24.73 | — |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | FED | $37.12 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | not published by hospital | — |
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Mesna 100 mg/ml intravenous solution at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $289.13 | $2.77 – $385.65 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | $54.48 | $1.70 – $23.18 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $289.13 | $2.26 – $385.65 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $1.36 – $23.18 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $41.44 | $27.26 – $27.26 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $107.41 | $1.47 – $91.80 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $107.41 | $1.47 – $97.20 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $107.41 | $1.47 – $81.00 |