Acetylcysteine 200 mg/ml (20 %) intravenous solution at HCA HOUSTON WEST
12141 RICHMOND AVENUE, HOUSTON, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1275580938
$3,234.00
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.
$3,234.00
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.
$0.37 with Christus (USFHP) vs $2,910.60 with Affiliated PPO — 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 | $0.37 | ↓ -100% |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $0.37 | ↓ -100% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $0.61 | ↓ -100% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $0.61 | ↓ -100% |
| United | SmallGroup | $0.61 | ↓ -100% |
| Cigna | CSN | $0.90 | ↓ -100% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $0.97 | ↓ -100% |
| Cigna | PPO | $1.15 | ↓ -100% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $4.25 | ↓ -100% |
| BCBS | BAV | $4.69 | ↓ -100% |
| BCBS | PPO | $5.86 | ↓ -100% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $5.86 | ↓ -100% |
| BCBS | HMO | $5.86 | ↓ -100% |
| Humana | HMO | $10.42 | ↓ -100% |
| Humana | PPO | $10.42 | ↓ -100% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $194.04 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $194.04 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $194.04 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $194.04 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $194.04 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | MCR | $214.41 | ↓ -93% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $420.42 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $420.42 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $420.42 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $420.42 | ↓ -87% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $452.76 | ↓ -86% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $452.76 | ↓ -86% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $536.84 | ↓ -83% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $543.31 | ↓ -83% |
| Superior | HMO | $565.95 | ↓ -83% |
| Superior | EPO | $565.95 | ↓ -83% |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $640.33 | ↓ -80% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $766.46 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $766.46 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $776.16 | ↓ -76% |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $873.18 | ↓ -73% |
| CHC Harris Health | Indigent | $970.20 | ↓ -70% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $1,131.90 | ↓ -65% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $1,390.62 | ↓ -57% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $1,455.30 | ↓ -55% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $1,723.72 | ↓ -47% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $1,778.70 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $1,778.70 | ↓ -45% |
| Triumph | COMM | $1,940.40 | ↓ -40% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $1,940.40 | ↓ -40% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $1,940.40 | ↓ -40% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $1,940.40 | ↓ -40% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $2,102.10 | ↓ -35% |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $2,425.50 | ↓ -25% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $2,587.20 | ↓ -20% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $2,651.88 | ↓ -18% |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $2,748.90 | ↓ -15% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $2,748.90 | ↓ -15% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $2,748.90 | ↓ -15% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $2,910.60 | ↓ -10% |
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Acetylcysteine 200 mg/ml (20 %) intravenous solution at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $298.05 | $0.96 – $135.26 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $298.05 | $0.79 – $135.26 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $0.45 – $10.42 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $110.18 | $8.35 – $8.35 |
| HCA HOUSTON CONROE | CONROE | $1,170.28 | $0.37 – $10.42 |
| St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin | Lufkin | $1,012.20 | $0.64 – $76.36 |
| HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND | Pearland | $1,306.71 | $0.45 – $10.42 |
| St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital | Sugar Land | $298.05 | $0.79 – $135.26 |