Fresh frozen plasma frozen within 8 hours of collection each unit at HCA HOUSTON WEST
12141 RICHMOND AVENUE, HOUSTON, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1275580938
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Cash price 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 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.
$37.02 with Superior Health Plan vs $705.27 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.
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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| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $37.02 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $37.02 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $37.02 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $37.02 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $37.02 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $80.21 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $80.21 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $80.21 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $80.21 | — |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $86.38 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $86.38 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $91.32 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $98.72 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $100.57 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $102.42 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $103.66 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $111.06 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $117.23 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $120.31 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $138.82 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $141.91 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $144.38 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $146.23 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $146.23 | — |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $148.08 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $157.34 | — |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $168.44 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $215.95 | — |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $215.95 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $246.80 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $246.80 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $265.31 | — |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $277.65 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $277.65 | — |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $277.65 | — |
| Texas Athletic Network | Premier | $300.00 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $313.06 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $328.86 | — |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $339.35 | — |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $339.35 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $370.20 | — |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $370.20 | — |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $370.20 | — |
| Triumph | COMM | $370.20 | — |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $401.05 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $416.33 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $416.33 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $416.33 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $442.31 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $442.31 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $442.31 | — |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $462.75 | — |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $493.60 | — |
| Texas Athletic Network | PremierPlus | $500.00 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $505.94 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $519.60 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $519.60 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $519.60 | — |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $524.45 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $524.45 | — |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $524.45 | — |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $555.30 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $561.82 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $561.82 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $561.82 | — |
| Texas Athletic Network | TexasCustomUC | $600.00 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $705.27 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $705.27 | — |
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Fresh frozen plasma frozen within 8 hours of collection each unit at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $162.75 | $94.00 – $465.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $162.75 | $88.00 – $465.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $313.06 – $705.27 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $313.06 – $705.27 |
| HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE | FRIENDSWOOD | $859.45 | $313.06 – $705.27 |
| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | $21.84 | not published |
| HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST | SPRING | $405.28 | $313.06 – $705.27 |
| St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center | Pasadena | $136.85 | $88.00 – $293.25 |