Alteplase 100 mg infusion from pyxis vial at HCA HOUSTON WEST
12141 RICHMOND AVENUE, HOUSTON, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1275580938
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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.
$39.54 with Superior Health Plan vs $854.98 with Humana — 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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| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $39.54 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $39.54 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $39.54 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $39.54 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $39.54 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $73.79 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $81.32 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $85.67 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $85.67 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $85.67 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $85.67 | — |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $92.26 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $92.26 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $93.83 | — |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $93.83 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $101.66 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $101.66 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $101.66 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $109.39 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $110.71 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $154.82 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $154.82 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $154.82 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $156.18 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $156.18 | — |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $158.16 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $227.84 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $230.65 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $246.67 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $283.37 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $293.75 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $296.55 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $351.25 | — |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $362.45 | — |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $362.45 | — |
| Triumph | COMM | $395.40 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $395.40 | — |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $395.40 | — |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $395.40 | — |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $428.35 | — |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $494.25 | — |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $527.20 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $540.38 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $560.15 | — |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $560.15 | — |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $560.15 | — |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $593.10 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $854.98 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $854.98 | — |
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Alteplase 100 mg infusion from pyxis vial at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $21,753.62 | $33.89 – $1,427.34 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $21,753.62 | $41.04 – $1,427.34 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $73.79 – $854.98 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $73.79 – $854.98 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $766.25 | $144.95 – $144.95 |
| St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center | Pasadena | $205.10 | $41.04 – $426.04 |
| St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital | Madisonville | $1,501.57 | $18.74 – $132.35 |
| St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital | Spring | $21,753.62 | $41.04 – $1,427.34 |