Calcium gluconate 2 gram/100 ml in sodium chloride,iso-osm IV solution 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.

$0.09 with TriWest Health Alliance vs $126.00 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 $0.09
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $0.09
United AllPayerAppendix $0.15
United SmallGroup $0.15
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $0.15
BCBS MyBlueHealth $0.18
BCBS BAV $0.19
Cigna CSN $0.19
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $0.21
BCBS PPO $0.24
BCBS EPOSOA $0.24
BCBS HMO $0.24
Cigna PPO $0.25
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $8.40
Superior Health Plan STAR $8.40
Superior Health Plan STARKids $8.40
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $8.40
Superior Health Plan CHIP $8.40
Aetna MCR $9.28
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $18.20
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $18.20
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $18.20
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $18.20
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $19.60
Amerigroup MGMCD $19.60
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $23.24
United OptionsPPO $23.52
Superior HMO $24.50
Superior EPO $24.50
Superior ValueHMO $27.72
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $33.18
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $33.18
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $33.60
Molina Healthcare HIX $37.80
CHC Harris Health Indigent $42.00
Humana PPO $44.67
Humana HMO $44.67
BCBS Traditional $49.00
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $60.20
United GlobalAppendix $63.00
Coventry National First Health COMM $74.62
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $77.00
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $77.00
Triumph COMM $84.00
Independent Medical System COMM $84.00
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $84.00
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $84.00
Coastal Comp COMM $91.00
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $105.00
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $112.00
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $114.80
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $119.00
Physicians, INC COMM $119.00
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $119.00
Affiliated PPO COMM $126.00

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Calcium gluconate 2 gram/100 ml in sodium chloride,iso-osm IV solution at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $43.45 $12.17 – $55.31
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $43.45 $12.17 – $55.31
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $0.08 – $0.19
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $0.08 – $0.19
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $173.47 $0.35 – $0.35
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $68.55 $9.74 – $38.95
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland $65.34 $0.08 – $0.19
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $43.45 $12.17 – $55.31

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