Glucagon hcl 1 mg/ml solution for injection 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.

$143.25 with Christus (USFHP) vs $486.94 with BCBS — 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
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $143.25
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $143.25
United SmallGroup $236.36
United AllPayerAppendix $236.36
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $236.36
Cigna CSN $350.61
BCBS MyBlueHealth $353.49
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $379.59
BCBS BAV $389.56
Cigna PPO $452.03
BCBS HMO $486.94
BCBS EPOSOA $486.94
BCBS PPO $486.94

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Glucagon hcl 1 mg/ml solution for injection at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $1,174.74 $150.44 – $353.49
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $309.00 $116.53 – $529.64
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $309.00 $116.53 – $529.64
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $1,163.86 $150.44 – $353.49
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $904.99 $470.55 – $674.51
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $1,126.43 $143.25 – $353.49
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING $1,171.27 $150.44 – $353.49
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $876.92 $552.26 – $3,550.23

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