Milrinone 20 mg/100 ml(200 mcg/ml) in 5 % dextrose intravenous piggybk 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

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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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$0.29 with Superior Health Plan vs $14.61 with Humana — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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 STAR $0.29
Superior Health Plan STARKids $0.29
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $0.29
Superior Health Plan CHIP $0.29
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $0.29
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $0.62
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $0.62
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $0.62
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $0.62
United OptionsPPO $0.80
Molina Healthcare HIX $1.29
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $1.57
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1.57
BCBS Traditional $1.67
United GlobalAppendix $2.14
United SmallGroup $2.23
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $2.23
United AllPayerAppendix $2.23
Coventry National First Health COMM $2.54
Cigna CSN $3.39
BCBS MyBlueHealth $3.45
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $3.67
BCBS BAV $3.80
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $3.81
Cigna PPO $4.37
BCBS PPO $4.75
BCBS EPOSOA $4.75
BCBS HMO $4.75
Humana HMO $14.61
Humana PPO $14.61

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Milrinone 20 mg/100 ml(200 mcg/ml) in 5 % dextrose intravenous piggybk at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $108.42 $1.58 – $71.10
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $108.42 $1.87 – $71.10
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $1.35 – $14.61
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $1.57 – $14.61
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $131.14 $6.78 – $6.78
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $115.20 $1.30 – $31.88
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $115.20 $1.30 – $33.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $115.20 $1.30 – $28.12

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