Albumin (human), 25%, 50ml at HCA HOUSTON WEST
12141 RICHMOND AVENUE, HOUSTON, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1275580938
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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.
$52.45 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $863.10 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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| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $52.45 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $52.45 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $52.45 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $52.45 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $53.08 | — |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $53.08 | — |
| United | MGMCD | $53.50 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $56.65 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $57.54 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $57.54 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $57.54 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $57.54 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $57.54 | — |
| Aetna | MCR | $63.58 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $87.58 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $87.58 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $87.58 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $111.08 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $120.26 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $121.93 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $134.26 | — |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $134.26 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $134.37 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $143.21 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $159.19 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $161.11 | — |
| Superior | EPO | $167.82 | — |
| Superior | HMO | $167.82 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $167.97 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $167.97 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $167.97 | — |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $189.88 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $227.28 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $227.28 | — |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $230.16 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $255.85 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $258.93 | — |
| CHC Harris Health | Indigent | $287.70 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $335.65 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $340.24 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $340.24 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $340.24 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $361.47 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $361.47 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $361.47 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $412.37 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $424.64 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $424.64 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $424.64 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $431.55 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $459.14 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $459.14 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $459.14 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $510.86 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $510.86 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $511.15 | — |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $527.45 | — |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $527.45 | — |
| Triumph | COMM | $575.40 | — |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $575.40 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $575.40 | — |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $575.40 | — |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $623.35 | — |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $719.25 | — |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $767.20 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $786.38 | — |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $815.15 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $815.15 | — |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $815.15 | — |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $863.10 | — |
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Albumin (human), 25%, 50ml at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $142.90 | $42.54 – $193.35 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $142.90 | $42.54 – $193.35 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $52.45 – $510.86 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $52.45 – $510.86 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $1,217.81 | $239.51 – $4,826.69 |
| St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center | Pasadena | $275.26 | $67.81 – $288.23 |
| St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital | Madisonville | $18.20 | $13.25 – $93.59 |
| St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin | Lufkin | $763.44 | $5.46 – $47.77 |