Sodium chloride 0.9 % 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.
$2.47 with Christus (USFHP) vs $300.69 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 | $2.47 | — |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $2.47 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $3.28 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $3.28 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $3.28 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $5.52 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $5.97 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $7.11 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $22.55 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $22.55 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $22.55 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $22.55 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $22.55 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $25.62 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $25.62 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $29.20 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $32.18 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $40.23 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $40.23 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $40.23 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $48.86 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $48.86 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $48.86 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $48.86 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $63.14 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $73.29 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $95.84 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $99.60 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $101.48 | — |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $102.61 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $120.65 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $120.65 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $120.65 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $128.54 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $128.54 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $128.54 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $131.55 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $150.34 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $150.72 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $150.72 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $150.72 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $162.75 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $162.75 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $162.75 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $169.14 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $200.33 | — |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | FED | $300.69 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Sodium chloride 0.9 % intravenous solution at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $7.35 | $0.59 – $2.64 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $7.35 | $0.59 – $2.64 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $2.47 – $29.20 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $28.66 | $57.37 – $57.37 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $45.90 | $2.40 – $26.72 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $69.85 | $2.40 – $45.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $63.36 | $2.40 – $37.50 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $45.90 | $2.40 – $26.72 |