Cosyntropin 0.25 mg solution for injection 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

$2,750.00

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.

$2,750.00

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.

$20.65 with Christus (USFHP) 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.

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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
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $20.65 ↓ -99%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $20.65 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $34.07 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $34.07 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $34.07 ↓ -99%
Cigna CSN $67.81 ↓ -98%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $73.41 ↓ -97%
Cigna PPO $87.42 ↓ -97%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $119.46 ↓ -96%
BCBS BAV $131.65 ↓ -95%
BCBS PPO $164.57 ↓ -94%
BCBS EPOSOA $164.57 ↓ -94%
BCBS HMO $164.57 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $165.00 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $165.00 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $165.00 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $165.00 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $165.00 ↓ -94%
Aetna MCR $182.32 ↓ -93%
Humana PPO $350.64 ↓ -87%
Humana HMO $350.64 ↓ -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%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $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 STARKIDS $651.75 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $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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HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $2,048.72 $33.40 – $350.64
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