Betamethasone acetate and sodium phos 6 mg/ml suspension for injection 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.
$6.91 with TriWest Health Alliance vs $181.98 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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| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $6.91 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $6.91 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $10.84 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $11.40 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $11.40 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $11.40 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $11.94 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $12.13 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $12.13 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $12.13 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $12.13 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $12.13 | — |
| Aetna | MCR | $13.41 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $14.93 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $14.93 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $14.93 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $16.67 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $18.05 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $21.50 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $26.29 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $26.29 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $26.29 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $26.29 | — |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $28.31 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $28.31 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $33.57 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $33.97 | — |
| Superior | HMO | $35.38 | — |
| Superior | EPO | $35.38 | — |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $40.04 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $47.92 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $47.92 | — |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $48.53 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $54.59 | — |
| CHC Harris Health | Indigent | $60.66 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $67.50 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $67.50 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $70.77 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $86.95 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $90.99 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $107.77 | — |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $111.21 | — |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $111.21 | — |
| Triumph | COMM | $121.32 | — |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $121.32 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $121.32 | — |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $121.32 | — |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $131.43 | — |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $151.65 | — |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $161.76 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $165.80 | — |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $171.87 | — |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $171.87 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $171.87 | — |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $181.98 | — |
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Betamethasone acetate and sodium phos 6 mg/ml suspension for injection at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $75.12 | $4.98 – $189.48 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $75.12 | $6.03 – $189.48 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $6.85 – $67.50 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $6.85 – $67.50 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $122.37 | $21.29 – $21.29 |
| HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE | FRIENDSWOOD | $28.35 | $6.85 – $67.50 |
| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | $70.37 | $20.68 – $25.92 |
| St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital | Madisonville | $5.69 | $1.15 – $8.10 |