Dihydroergotamine 0.05 mg/ml IV syringe - 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

$523.29

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.

$523.29

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.

$31.40 with Superior Health Plan vs $715.60 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 STARPLUS $31.40 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $31.40 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $31.40 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $31.40 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $31.40 ↓ -94%
Aetna MCR $34.69 ↓ -93%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $57.08 ↓ -89%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $57.08 ↓ -89%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $68.03 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $68.03 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $68.03 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $68.03 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $73.26 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MGMCD $73.26 ↓ -86%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $86.87 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $87.91 ↓ -83%
Superior EPO $91.58 ↓ -82%
Superior HMO $91.58 ↓ -82%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $94.18 ↓ -82%
United AllPayerAppendix $94.18 ↓ -82%
United SmallGroup $94.18 ↓ -82%
Superior ValueHMO $103.61 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $124.02 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $124.02 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $125.59 ↓ -76%
Molina Healthcare HIX $141.29 ↓ -73%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $156.99 ↓ -70%
BCBS Traditional $183.15 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $225.01 ↓ -57%
Cigna CSN $234.91 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $235.48 ↓ -55%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $254.32 ↓ -51%
Coventry National First Health COMM $278.91 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $287.81 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $287.81 ↓ -45%
Cigna PPO $302.86 ↓ -42%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $313.97 ↓ -40%
Triumph COMM $313.97 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $313.97 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $313.97 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $340.14 ↓ -35%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $380.48 ↓ -27%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $392.47 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $418.63 ↓ -20%
BCBS BAV $419.30 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $429.10 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $444.80 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $444.80 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $444.80 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $470.96 ↓ -10%
BCBS PPO $524.12 ↑ +0%
BCBS HMO $524.12 ↑ +0%
BCBS EPOSOA $524.12 ↑ +0%
Humana HMO $715.60 ↑ +37%
Humana PPO $715.60 ↑ +37%

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Dihydroergotamine 0.05 mg/ml IV syringe - cnr at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $3,138.50 $85.75 – $715.60
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $812.39 $34.36 – $156.16
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $812.39 $34.36 – $156.16
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $2,986.55 $85.75 – $715.60
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $862.97 $85.75 – $715.60
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE $367.38 $57.08 – $715.60
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $3,045.90 $57.08 – $715.60
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING $3,026.04 $85.75 – $715.60

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