Iopamidol 300 mg iodine/ml (61 %) intravenous solution at HCA HOUSTON WEST
12141 RICHMOND AVENUE, HOUSTON, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1275580938
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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.
$0.15 with Christus (USFHP) vs $197.10 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.
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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| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $0.15 | — |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $0.15 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $0.25 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $0.25 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $0.25 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $0.36 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $0.39 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $0.47 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $0.63 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $0.69 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $0.86 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $0.86 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $0.86 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $1.17 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $1.17 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $13.14 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $13.14 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $13.14 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $13.14 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $13.14 | — |
| Aetna | MCR | $14.52 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $28.47 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $28.47 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $28.47 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $28.47 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $30.66 | — |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $30.66 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $36.35 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $36.79 | — |
| Superior | HMO | $38.33 | — |
| Superior | EPO | $38.33 | — |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $43.36 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $51.90 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $51.90 | — |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $52.56 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $59.13 | — |
| CHC Harris Health | Indigent | $65.70 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $76.65 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $94.17 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $98.55 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $116.73 | — |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $120.45 | — |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $120.45 | — |
| Triumph | COMM | $131.40 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $131.40 | — |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $131.40 | — |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $131.40 | — |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $142.35 | — |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $164.25 | — |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $175.20 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $179.58 | — |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $186.15 | — |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $186.15 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $186.15 | — |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $197.10 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Iopamidol 300 mg iodine/ml (61 %) intravenous solution at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $163.53 | $0.22 – $1.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $163.53 | $0.20 – $1.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $0.14 – $1.17 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $0.14 – $1.17 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $768.29 | $1.23 – $1.23 |
| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | $83.03 | $0.46 – $1.28 |
| St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center | Pasadena | $189.27 | $0.20 – $21.27 |
| St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital | Madisonville | $17.65 | $0.02 – $0.14 |