Clonidine (pf) 1,000 mcg/10 ml (100 mcg/ml) epidural solution at HCA HOUSTON WEST
12141 RICHMOND AVENUE, HOUSTON, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1275580938
$2,750.00
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.
$2,750.00
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.
$17.23 with TriWest Health Alliance vs $2,475.00 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $17.23 | ↓ -99% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $17.23 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $26.56 | ↓ -99% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $28.43 | ↓ -99% |
| United | SmallGroup | $28.43 | ↓ -99% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $28.43 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | BAV | $29.27 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $36.59 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | PPO | $36.59 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | HMO | $36.59 | ↓ -99% |
| Cigna | CSN | $42.76 | ↓ -98% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $46.30 | ↓ -98% |
| Cigna | PPO | $55.13 | ↓ -98% |
| Humana | HMO | $130.91 | ↓ -95% |
| Humana | PPO | $130.91 | ↓ -95% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $165.00 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $165.00 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $165.00 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $165.00 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $165.00 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | MCR | $182.32 | ↓ -93% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $357.50 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $357.50 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $357.50 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $357.50 | ↓ -87% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $385.00 | ↓ -86% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $385.00 | ↓ -86% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $456.50 | ↓ -83% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $462.00 | ↓ -83% |
| Superior | HMO | $481.25 | ↓ -83% |
| Superior | EPO | $481.25 | ↓ -83% |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $544.50 | ↓ -80% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $651.75 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $651.75 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $660.00 | ↓ -76% |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $742.50 | ↓ -73% |
| CHC Harris Health | Indigent | $825.00 | ↓ -70% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $962.50 | ↓ -65% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $1,182.50 | ↓ -57% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $1,237.50 | ↓ -55% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $1,465.75 | ↓ -47% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $1,512.50 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $1,512.50 | ↓ -45% |
| Triumph | COMM | $1,650.00 | ↓ -40% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $1,650.00 | ↓ -40% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $1,650.00 | ↓ -40% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $1,650.00 | ↓ -40% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $1,787.50 | ↓ -35% |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $2,062.50 | ↓ -25% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $2,200.00 | ↓ -20% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $2,255.00 | ↓ -18% |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $2,337.50 | ↓ -15% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $2,337.50 | ↓ -15% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $2,337.50 | ↓ -15% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $2,475.00 | ↓ -10% |
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Clonidine (pf) 1,000 mcg/10 ml (100 mcg/ml) epidural solution at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | $195.36 | $16.20 – $130.91 |
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $29.36 | $12.20 – $62.73 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $29.36 | $13.81 – $62.73 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | $93.88 | $16.20 – $130.91 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $36.14 | $52.17 – $52.17 |
| HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE | FRIENDSWOOD | $567.00 | $16.20 – $130.91 |
| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | $126.50 | $50.68 – $73.23 |
| HCA HOUSTON CONROE | CONROE | $131.63 | $17.23 – $130.91 |