Dextrose 5 % in water (d5w) intravenous solution (non-pvc) at HCA HOUSTON WEST
12141 RICHMOND AVENUE, HOUSTON, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1275580938
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
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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.
$1.75 with Christus (USFHP) vs $171.90 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 |
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| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $1.75 | — |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $1.75 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $2.89 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $2.89 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $2.89 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $4.91 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $5.32 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $6.33 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $11.46 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $11.46 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $11.46 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $11.46 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $11.46 | — |
| Aetna | MCR | $12.66 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $14.86 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $16.37 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $20.47 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $20.47 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $20.47 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $24.64 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $24.64 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $24.83 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $24.83 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $24.83 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $24.83 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $26.74 | — |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $26.74 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $31.71 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $32.09 | — |
| Superior | HMO | $33.42 | — |
| Superior | EPO | $33.42 | — |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $37.82 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $45.27 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $45.27 | — |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $45.84 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $51.57 | — |
| CHC Harris Health | Indigent | $57.30 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $66.85 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $82.13 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $85.95 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $101.80 | — |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $105.05 | — |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $105.05 | — |
| Triumph | COMM | $114.60 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $114.60 | — |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $114.60 | — |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $114.60 | — |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $124.15 | — |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $143.25 | — |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $152.80 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $156.62 | — |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $162.35 | — |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $162.35 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $162.35 | — |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $171.90 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Dextrose 5 % in water (d5w) intravenous solution (non-pvc) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $22.03 | $0.41 – $1.86 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $22.03 | $0.41 – $1.86 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $1.82 – $24.64 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $1.82 – $24.64 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $39.88 | $29.18 – $29.18 |
| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | $51.89 | $7.09 – $30.26 |
| St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center | Pasadena | $8.09 | $2.57 – $17.33 |
| St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin | Lufkin | $47.66 | $2.06 – $285.96 |