Metered dose inhaler drug 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.
$0.82 with Superior Health Plan vs $38.08 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 | CHIP | $0.82 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $0.82 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $0.82 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $0.82 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $0.82 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $1.77 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $1.77 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $1.77 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $1.77 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $2.01 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $2.18 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $2.22 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $2.28 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $2.45 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $2.58 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $2.65 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $3.06 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $3.13 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $3.18 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $3.47 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $3.60 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $3.67 | — |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $3.71 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $4.37 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $4.37 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $4.37 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $4.65 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $4.65 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $4.65 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $4.76 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $5.44 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $5.44 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $5.45 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $5.45 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $5.45 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $5.89 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $5.89 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $5.89 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $6.12 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $7.25 | — |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | FED | $10.88 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $38.08 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $38.08 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Metered dose inhaler drug at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | not published | $38.08 – $38.08 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $38.08 – $38.08 |
| St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital | Madisonville | $57.68 | $17.04 – $133.69 |
| St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin | Lufkin | $431.10 | $4.50 – $11.84 |
| St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital | College Station | $57.68 | $22.73 – $133.69 |
| St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital | Lake Jackson | $86.37 | $26.80 – $116.12 |
| St. Joseph Health Grimes Hospital | Navasota | $57.68 | $22.73 – $148.40 |
| St. Luke's Health Memorial Livingston | Livingston | $431.10 | $2.61 – $11.84 |