Hydrocortisone in ns IV syringe 1 mg/ml (neo/ped) - 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

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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.

$7.20 with Superior Health Plan vs $127.11 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 CHIP $7.20
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $7.20
Superior Health Plan STARKids $7.20
Superior Health Plan STAR $7.20
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $7.20
Aetna MCR $7.96
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $15.60
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $15.60
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $15.60
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $15.60
Amerigroup MGMCD $16.80
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $16.80
BCBS MyBlueHealth $19.48
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $19.92
United OptionsPPO $20.16
Superior EPO $21.00
Superior HMO $21.00
BCBS BAV $21.47
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $22.06
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $22.06
Superior ValueHMO $23.76
BCBS HMO $26.84
BCBS EPOSOA $26.84
BCBS PPO $26.84
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $28.44
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $28.44
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $28.80
Molina Healthcare HIX $32.40
CHC Harris Health Indigent $36.00
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $36.40
United AllPayerAppendix $36.40
United SmallGroup $36.40
BCBS Traditional $42.00
Cigna CSN $51.30
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $51.60
United GlobalAppendix $54.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $55.54
Coventry National First Health COMM $63.96
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $66.00
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $66.00
Cigna PPO $66.14
Triumph COMM $72.00
Independent Medical System COMM $72.00
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $72.00
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $72.00
Coastal Comp COMM $78.00
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $90.00
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $96.00
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $98.40
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $102.00
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $102.00
Physicians, INC COMM $102.00
Affiliated PPO COMM $108.00
Humana PPO $127.11
Humana HMO $127.11

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Hydrocortisone in ns IV syringe 1 mg/ml (neo/ped) - cnr at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $120.36 $8.95 – $51.53
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $120.36 $10.83 – $51.53
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $19.48 – $127.11
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $19.48 – $127.11
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $841.94 $37.18 – $74.20
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $38.22 $10.83 – $65.10
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $17.68 $1.97 – $20.94
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $499.16 $13.10 – $84.16

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