Caffeine citrate 20 mg/ml inj for po 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.

$0.90 with Superior Health Plan vs $14.90 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 STARKids $0.90
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $0.90
Superior Health Plan CHIP $0.90
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $0.90
Superior Health Plan STAR $0.90
Aetna MCR $0.99
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $1.95
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $1.95
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $1.95
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $1.95
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $2.10
Amerigroup MGMCD $2.10
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $2.49
United OptionsPPO $2.52
Superior HMO $2.63
Superior EPO $2.63
BCBS MyBlueHealth $2.70
Superior ValueHMO $2.97
BCBS BAV $2.98
Cigna CSN $2.98
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $3.22
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $3.35
United AllPayerAppendix $3.35
United SmallGroup $3.35
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $3.56
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $3.56
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $3.60
BCBS HMO $3.73
BCBS PPO $3.73
BCBS EPOSOA $3.73
Cigna PPO $3.84
Molina Healthcare HIX $4.05
CHC Harris Health Indigent $4.50
BCBS Traditional $5.25
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $6.00
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $6.45
United GlobalAppendix $6.75
Coventry National First Health COMM $8.00
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $8.25
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $8.25
Triumph COMM $9.00
Independent Medical System COMM $9.00
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $9.00
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $9.00
Coastal Comp COMM $9.75
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $11.25
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $12.00
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $12.30
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $12.75
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $12.75
Physicians, INC COMM $12.75
Affiliated PPO COMM $13.50
Humana PPO $14.90
Humana HMO $14.90

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Caffeine citrate 20 mg/ml inj for po at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $429.49 $2.70 – $14.90
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $35.31 $1.24 – $5.80
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $35.31 $1.28 – $5.80
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $2.70 – $14.90
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $335.66 $2.70 – $14.90
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $60.50 $5.16 – $8.51
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING $17.86 $2.70 – $14.90
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $3.71 $0.60 – $4.23

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