Warde topiramate therapeutic drug level 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

$978.55

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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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$978.55

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.

$10.01 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $521.57 with Coventry National First Health — 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
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $10.01 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $10.01 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $10.01 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $10.01 ↓ -99%
United MGMCD $10.21 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $10.81 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STAR $11.01 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $11.01 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $11.01 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $11.01 ↓ -99%
Oscar MGMCR $11.68 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $11.92 ↓ -99%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $11.92 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $11.92 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $11.92 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $11.92 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MGMCR $11.92 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $11.92 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $11.92 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $11.92 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $11.92 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $11.92 ↓ -99%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $11.92 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $11.92 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $11.92 ↓ -99%
WellMed MGMCR $11.98 ↓ -99%
Van Lang IPA MCR $12.04 ↓ -99%
United MCR $12.16 ↓ -99%
WellCare MCRHMO $12.28 ↓ -99%
WellCare POS $12.28 ↓ -99%
WellCare SNP $12.28 ↓ -99%
WellCare PFFS $12.28 ↓ -99%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $12.28 ↓ -99%
WellCare PPO $12.28 ↓ -99%
Humana MCD $12.51 ↓ -99%
American Health Plan MGMCR $12.52 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $12.52 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $12.52 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $12.52 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $12.52 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $12.52 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $12.52 ↓ -99%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $12.52 ↓ -99%
Shared Health MGMCR $12.52 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $12.64 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $12.64 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $12.64 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $12.64 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $12.64 ↓ -99%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $12.90 ↓ -99%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $12.90 ↓ -99%
Molina MGMCR $12.99 ↓ -99%
Verda Health Plan MCR $15.50 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice HIX $17.28 ↓ -98%
Superior ValueHMO $17.28 ↓ -98%
Superior EPO $18.48 ↓ -98%
Superior HMO $18.48 ↓ -98%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $24.08 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare HIX $25.63 ↓ -97%
BCBS BAV $26.58 ↓ -97%
BCBS HMO $33.26 ↓ -97%
Oscar HIX $34.45 ↓ -96%
BCBS EPOSOA $35.64 ↓ -96%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $35.76 ↓ -96%
BCBS PPO $38.02 ↓ -96%
Aetna QHPExchange $43.67 ↓ -96%
Cigna CSN $48.80 ↓ -95%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $52.86 ↓ -95%
Aetna NBPPO $58.07 ↓ -94%
Aetna NBHMO $58.07 ↓ -94%
Aetna NBPOS $58.07 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $58.71 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $58.71 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $58.71 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $58.71 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $58.71 ↓ -94%
Aetna COMMPPO $61.70 ↓ -94%
Aetna COMMPOS $61.70 ↓ -94%
Aetna COMMHMO $61.70 ↓ -94%
Cigna PPO $62.89 ↓ -94%
Aetna OONPPO $72.48 ↓ -93%
Aetna OONPOS $72.48 ↓ -93%
Aetna OONHMO $72.48 ↓ -93%
Aetna ASAPPO $78.37 ↓ -92%
Aetna ASAHMO $78.37 ↓ -92%
Aetna ASAPOS $78.37 ↓ -92%
Humana PPO $159.27 ↓ -84%
Humana HMO $159.27 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $164.40 ↓ -83%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $267.14 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $342.49 ↓ -65%
United GlobalAppendix $440.35 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $521.57 ↓ -47%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Warde topiramate therapeutic drug level at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $416.00 $9.81 – $48.80
Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital Houston $26.00 $11.92 – $49.59
Houston Methodist Hospital Houston $26.00 $11.92 – $49.59
Houston Methodist West Hospital Houston $26.00 $11.92 – $49.59
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $10.01 – $48.80
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $124.52 $10.00 – $155.66
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $127.75 $12.00 – $191.63
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $113.42 $10.01 – $141.78

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