Iron sucrose 20 mg iron/ml intravenous solution (wrapper) 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.

$0.24 with Christus (USFHP) vs $85.51 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
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $0.24
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $0.24
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $0.40
United AllPayerAppendix $0.40
United SmallGroup $0.40
Cigna CSN $0.53
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $0.58
BCBS MyBlueHealth $0.69
Cigna PPO $0.69
BCBS BAV $0.76
BCBS PPO $0.94
BCBS EPOSOA $0.94
BCBS HMO $0.94
Humana HMO $2.24
Humana PPO $2.24
Superior Health Plan CHIP $5.70
Superior Health Plan STARKids $5.70
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $5.70
Superior Health Plan STAR $5.70
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $5.70
Aetna MCR $6.30
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $12.35
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $12.35
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $12.35
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $12.35
Amerigroup MGMCD $13.30
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $13.30
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $15.77
United OptionsPPO $15.96
Superior HMO $16.63
Superior EPO $16.63
Superior ValueHMO $18.81
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $22.52
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $22.52
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $22.80
Molina Healthcare HIX $25.65
CHC Harris Health Indigent $28.50
BCBS Traditional $33.25
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $40.85
United GlobalAppendix $42.75
Coventry National First Health COMM $50.64
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $52.26
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $52.26
Triumph COMM $57.01
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $57.01
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $57.01
Independent Medical System COMM $57.01
Coastal Comp COMM $61.76
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $71.26
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $76.01
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $77.91
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $80.76
Physicians, INC COMM $80.76
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $80.76
Affiliated PPO COMM $85.51

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Iron sucrose 20 mg iron/ml intravenous solution (wrapper) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $471.13 $0.24 – $2.24
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $110.58 $0.32 – $185.29
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $110.58 $0.33 – $185.29
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $466.39 $0.24 – $2.24
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $277.26 $1.35 – $1.35
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $187.06 $0.25 – $140.87
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $187.06 $0.25 – $149.16
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $187.06 $0.25 – $124.30

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