Aztreonam 1 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.

$2.23 with TriWest Health Alliance vs $119.70 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 $2.23
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $2.23
United AllPayerAppendix $3.68
United SmallGroup $3.68
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $3.68
BCBS MyBlueHealth $5.66
BCBS BAV $6.24
Cigna CSN $6.46
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $7.00
BCBS EPOSOA $7.80
BCBS HMO $7.80
BCBS PPO $7.80
Superior Health Plan CHIP $7.98
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $7.98
Superior Health Plan STAR $7.98
Superior Health Plan STARKids $7.98
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $7.98
Cigna PPO $8.33
Aetna MCR $8.82
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $17.29
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $17.29
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $17.29
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $17.29
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $18.62
Amerigroup MGMCD $18.62
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $22.08
United OptionsPPO $22.34
Superior EPO $23.27
Superior HMO $23.27
Superior ValueHMO $26.33
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $31.52
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $31.52
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $31.92
Molina Healthcare HIX $35.91
CHC Harris Health Indigent $39.90
Humana PPO $42.44
Humana HMO $42.44
BCBS Traditional $46.55
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $57.19
United GlobalAppendix $59.85
Coventry National First Health COMM $70.89
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $73.15
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $73.15
Triumph COMM $79.80
Independent Medical System COMM $79.80
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $79.80
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $79.80
Coastal Comp COMM $86.45
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $99.75
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $106.40
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $109.06
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $113.05
Physicians, INC COMM $113.05
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $113.05
Affiliated PPO COMM $119.70

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Aztreonam 1 gram solution for injection at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $99.28 $23.69 – $107.67
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $99.28 $23.69 – $107.67
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $2.48 – $6.46
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $2.48 – $6.46
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $8.79 $3.21 – $25.18
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $254.41 $100.00 – $568.67
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland $18.49 $2.48 – $6.46
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $99.28 $23.69 – $107.67

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