Methylprednisolone acetate 40 mg/ml suspension for injection 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.
$0.11 with Christus (USFHP) vs $289.34 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 | $0.11 | — |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $0.11 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $0.20 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $0.20 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $0.20 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $0.29 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $0.30 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $0.31 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $0.33 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $0.37 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $0.41 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $0.41 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $0.41 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $21.70 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $21.70 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $21.70 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $21.70 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $21.70 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $47.02 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $47.02 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $47.02 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $47.02 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $60.76 | — |
| Superior | HMO | $63.29 | — |
| Superior | EPO | $63.29 | — |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $71.61 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $97.65 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $115.41 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $115.41 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $126.59 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $162.76 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $192.78 | — |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | FED | $289.34 | — |
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Methylprednisolone acetate 40 mg/ml suspension for injection at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $34.47 | $12.83 – $58.30 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $34.47 | $12.83 – $58.30 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | not published | $0.12 – $0.30 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $0.11 – $0.30 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $101.45 | $0.58 – $0.58 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $177.44 | $0.12 – $44.37 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $177.44 | $0.12 – $46.98 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $177.44 | $0.12 – $39.15 |