Oxytocin 10 unit/ml injection solution 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

$185.60

Cash price

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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.

$185.60

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.

$1.06 with BCBS vs $148.48 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
BCBS MyBlueHealth $1.06 ↓ -99%
BCBS BAV $1.17 ↓ -99%
BCBS HMO $1.46 ↓ -99%
BCBS EPOSOA $1.46 ↓ -99%
BCBS PPO $1.46 ↓ -99%
Cigna CSN $3.46 ↓ -98%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $3.75 ↓ -98%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $4.44 ↓ -98%
United SmallGroup $4.44 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $4.44 ↓ -98%
Cigna PPO $4.46 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $11.14 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $11.14 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $11.14 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $11.14 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $11.14 ↓ -94%
Humana HMO $12.27 ↓ -93%
Humana PPO $12.27 ↓ -93%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $24.13 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $24.13 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $24.13 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $24.13 ↓ -87%
United OptionsPPO $31.18 ↓ -83%
Molina Healthcare HIX $50.11 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $64.96 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $74.24 ↓ -60%
United GlobalAppendix $83.52 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $98.92 ↓ -47%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $148.48 ↓ -20%

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Oxytocin 10 unit/ml injection solution at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $36.72 $0.49 – $32.74
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $45.00 $1.06 – $12.27
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $36.72 $0.59 – $32.74
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $175.44 $1.06 – $12.27
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $125.87 $1.06 – $12.27
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $56.70 $2.02 – $7.37
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE $46.75 $1.06 – $12.27
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $179.74 $1.06 – $12.27

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