Butorphanol tartrate 1 mg 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.

$1.78 with BCBS vs $75.60 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
BCBS MyBlueHealth $1.78
BCBS BAV $1.97
BCBS EPOSOA $2.46
BCBS PPO $2.46
BCBS HMO $2.46
Superior Health Plan STARKids $5.04
Superior Health Plan CHIP $5.04
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $5.04
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $5.04
Superior Health Plan STAR $5.04
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $5.54
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $5.54
Aetna MCR $5.57
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $9.14
United AllPayerAppendix $9.14
United SmallGroup $9.14
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $10.92
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $10.92
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $10.92
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $10.92
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $11.76
Amerigroup MGMCD $11.76
Cigna CSN $12.22
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $13.23
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $13.94
United OptionsPPO $14.11
Superior EPO $14.70
Superior HMO $14.70
Cigna PPO $15.76
Superior ValueHMO $16.63
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $19.91
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $19.91
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $20.16
Molina Healthcare HIX $22.68
CHC Harris Health Indigent $25.20
Humana PPO $26.20
Humana HMO $26.20
BCBS Traditional $29.40
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $36.12
United GlobalAppendix $37.80
Coventry National First Health COMM $44.77
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $46.20
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $46.20
Triumph COMM $50.40
Independent Medical System COMM $50.40
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $50.40
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $50.40
Coastal Comp COMM $54.60
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $63.00
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $67.20
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $68.88
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $71.40
Physicians, INC COMM $71.40
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $71.40
Affiliated PPO COMM $75.60

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Butorphanol tartrate 1 mg at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $23.21 $0.82 – $50.53
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $23.21 $0.99 – $50.53
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $1.78 – $26.20
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $1.78 – $26.20
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $53.69 $3.50 – $3.50
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $87.14 $3.40 – $17.69
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $6.99 $0.99 – $14.97
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $138.53 $1.95 – $93.71

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