Dexamethasone in ns IV syringe 0.1 mg/ml (neonate) - cnr 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.

$0.01 with Superior Health Plan vs $1.07 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 CHIP $0.01
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $0.01
Superior Health Plan STAR $0.01
Superior Health Plan STARKids $0.01
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $0.01
Aetna MCR $0.01
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $0.03
Amerigroup MGMCD $0.03
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $0.03
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $0.03
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $0.03
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $0.03
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $0.03
United OptionsPPO $0.03
BCBS BAV $0.04
Superior EPO $0.04
Superior ValueHMO $0.04
Superior HMO $0.04
BCBS MyBlueHealth $0.04
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $0.05
Molina Healthcare HIX $0.05
BCBS PPO $0.05
BCBS HMO $0.05
BCBS EPOSOA $0.05
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $0.05
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $0.05
CHC Harris Health Indigent $0.06
BCBS Traditional $0.07
United GlobalAppendix $0.09
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $0.09
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $0.11
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $0.11
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $0.11
Coventry National First Health COMM $0.11
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $0.11
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $0.12
Triumph COMM $0.12
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $0.12
Independent Medical System COMM $0.12
Coastal Comp COMM $0.13
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $0.15
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $0.16
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $0.16
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $0.17
Physicians, INC COMM $0.17
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $0.17
United SmallGroup $0.18
United AllPayerAppendix $0.18
Affiliated PPO COMM $0.18
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $0.18
Cigna CSN $0.29
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $0.31
Cigna PPO $0.37
Humana PPO $1.07
Humana HMO $1.07

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Dexamethasone in ns IV syringe 0.1 mg/ml (neonate) - cnr at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $32.21 $0.02 – $1.30
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $32.21 $0.02 – $1.30
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $0.04 – $1.07
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $0.04 – $1.07
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $40.07 $0.08 – $0.08
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $56.70 $0.07 – $0.46
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $9.56 $0.02 – $22.05
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $45.55 $0.04 – $35.06

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