Ampicillin-sulbactam 1.5 gram solution for injection at HCA HOUSTON WEST

12141 RICHMOND AVENUE, HOUSTON, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1275580938

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published May 14, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

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Cash price

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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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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

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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.

$0.84 with Superior Health Plan vs $27.27 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.

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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
Superior Health Plan CHIP $0.84
Superior Health Plan STAR $0.84
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $0.84
Superior Health Plan STARKids $0.84
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $0.84
Aetna MCR $0.93
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $1.33
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1.33
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $1.82
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $1.82
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $1.82
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $1.82
Amerigroup MGMCD $1.96
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $1.96
United AllPayerAppendix $2.19
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $2.19
United SmallGroup $2.19
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $2.32
United OptionsPPO $2.35
Superior HMO $2.45
Superior EPO $2.45
Superior ValueHMO $2.77
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $3.32
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $3.32
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $3.36
Cigna CSN $3.61
Molina Healthcare HIX $3.78
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $3.90
CHC Harris Health Indigent $4.20
Cigna PPO $4.65
BCBS Traditional $4.90
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $6.02
BCBS MyBlueHealth $6.15
United GlobalAppendix $6.30
BCBS BAV $6.78
Coventry National First Health COMM $7.46
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $7.70
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $7.70
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $8.40
Triumph COMM $8.40
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $8.40
Independent Medical System COMM $8.40
BCBS PPO $8.48
BCBS HMO $8.48
BCBS EPOSOA $8.48
Coastal Comp COMM $9.10
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $10.50
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $11.20
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $11.48
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $11.90
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $11.90
Physicians, INC COMM $11.90
Affiliated PPO COMM $12.60
Humana HMO $27.27
Humana PPO $27.27

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Ampicillin-sulbactam 1.5 gram solution for injection at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $40.62 $2.83 – $54.79
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $40.62 $2.34 – $54.79
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $1.57 – $27.27
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $1.57 – $27.27
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $198.60 $12.09 – $12.09
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $24.85 $2.34 – $53.25
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $4.20 $0.36 – $2.79
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $275.90 $2.28 – $35.06

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