Arformoterol non-comp unit 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

$181.00

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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$181.00

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.

$0.72 with TriWest Health Alliance vs $162.90 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.

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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
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $0.72 ↓ -100%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $0.72 ↓ -100%
United AllPayerAppendix $1.19 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $1.19 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1.19 ↓ -99%
Cigna CSN $1.91 ↓ -99%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $2.07 ↓ -99%
Cigna PPO $2.46 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $10.86 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $10.86 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $10.86 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $10.86 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $10.86 ↓ -94%
Aetna MCR $12.00 ↓ -93%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $23.53 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $23.53 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $23.53 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $23.53 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MGMCD $25.34 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $25.34 ↓ -86%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $30.05 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $30.41 ↓ -83%
Superior EPO $31.68 ↓ -82%
Superior HMO $31.68 ↓ -82%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $33.63 ↓ -81%
Superior ValueHMO $35.84 ↓ -80%
BCBS BAV $37.07 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $42.90 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $42.90 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $43.44 ↓ -76%
BCBS HMO $46.33 ↓ -74%
BCBS EPOSOA $46.33 ↓ -74%
BCBS PPO $46.33 ↓ -74%
Molina Healthcare HIX $48.87 ↓ -73%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $54.30 ↓ -70%
BCBS Traditional $63.35 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $77.83 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $81.45 ↓ -55%
Humana PPO $95.16 ↓ -47%
Humana HMO $95.16 ↓ -47%
Coventry National First Health COMM $96.47 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $99.55 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $99.55 ↓ -45%
Triumph COMM $108.60 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $108.60 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $108.60 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $108.60 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $117.65 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $135.75 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $144.80 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $148.42 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $153.85 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $153.85 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $153.85 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $162.90 ↓ -10%

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Arformoterol non-comp unit at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $0.69 – $95.16
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $0.69 – $95.16
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $24.24 $0.80 – $7.94
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $24.24 $0.80 – $8.41
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $24.24 $0.80 – $7.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $24.24 $0.80 – $7.94
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $24.24 $0.80 – $8.41
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $24.24 $0.80 – $8.41

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