Esmolol 2,500 mg/250 ml (10 mg/ml) IV wrapper osm only 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.

$0.21 with TriWest Health Alliance vs $41.40 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
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $0.21
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $0.21
United AllPayerAppendix $0.35
United SmallGroup $0.35
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $0.35
BCBS MyBlueHealth $0.55
BCBS BAV $0.60
Cigna CSN $0.68
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $0.73
BCBS HMO $0.76
BCBS PPO $0.76
BCBS EPOSOA $0.76
Cigna PPO $0.87
Superior Health Plan CHIP $2.76
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $2.76
Superior Health Plan STAR $2.76
Superior Health Plan STARKids $2.76
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $2.76
Aetna MCR $3.05
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $5.98
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $5.98
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $5.98
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $5.98
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $6.44
Amerigroup MGMCD $6.44
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $7.64
United OptionsPPO $7.73
Superior HMO $8.05
Superior EPO $8.05
Superior ValueHMO $9.11
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $10.90
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $10.90
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $11.04
Molina Healthcare HIX $12.42
CHC Harris Health Indigent $13.80
Humana PPO $14.68
Humana HMO $14.68
BCBS Traditional $16.10
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $19.78
United GlobalAppendix $20.70
Coventry National First Health COMM $24.52
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $25.30
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $25.30
Triumph COMM $27.60
Independent Medical System COMM $27.60
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $27.60
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $27.60
Coastal Comp COMM $29.90
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $34.50
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $36.80
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $37.72
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $39.10
Physicians, INC COMM $39.10
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $39.10
Affiliated PPO COMM $41.40

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Esmolol 2,500 mg/250 ml (10 mg/ml) IV wrapper osm only at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $156.53 $13.93 – $63.31
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $156.53 $13.93 – $63.31
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $0.28 – $0.68
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $0.28 – $0.68
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $937.54 $1.08 – $1.08
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $57.10 $0.99 – $1.05
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $1,623.02 $9.74 – $38.95
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland $639.76 $0.28 – $0.68

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