Ciprofloxacin 400 mg/200 ml in 5 % dextrose intravenous piggyback 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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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.

$2.00 with TriWest Health Alliance vs $138.60 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
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $2.00
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $2.00
BCBS MyBlueHealth $3.08
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $3.30
United AllPayerAppendix $3.30
United SmallGroup $3.30
BCBS BAV $3.39
BCBS PPO $4.24
BCBS EPOSOA $4.24
BCBS HMO $4.24
Cigna CSN $5.61
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $6.08
Cigna PPO $7.24
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $9.24
Superior Health Plan STARKids $9.24
Superior Health Plan STAR $9.24
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $9.24
Superior Health Plan CHIP $9.24
Aetna MCR $10.21
Humana HMO $16.07
Humana PPO $16.07
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $20.02
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $20.02
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $20.02
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $20.02
Amerigroup MGMCD $21.56
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $21.56
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $25.56
United OptionsPPO $25.87
Superior EPO $26.95
Superior HMO $26.95
Superior ValueHMO $30.49
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $36.50
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $36.50
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $36.96
Molina Healthcare HIX $41.58
CHC Harris Health Indigent $46.20
BCBS Traditional $53.90
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $66.22
United GlobalAppendix $69.30
Coventry National First Health COMM $82.08
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $84.70
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $84.70
Triumph COMM $92.40
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $92.40
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $92.40
Independent Medical System COMM $92.40
Coastal Comp COMM $100.10
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $115.50
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $123.20
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $126.28
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $130.90
Physicians, INC COMM $130.90
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $130.90
Affiliated PPO COMM $138.60

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Ciprofloxacin 400 mg/200 ml in 5 % dextrose intravenous piggyback at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $25.90 $1.41 – $54.72
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $25.90 $1.19 – $54.72
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $2.10 – $16.07
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $2.10 – $16.07
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $141.07 $6.04 – $6.04
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $69.30 $5.87 – $8.12
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $7.35 $1.19 – $15.75
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $86.76 $2.10 – $35.06

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