Ketorolac (Toradol) Pain Shot, 15 mg at HCA HOUSTON WEST

12141 RICHMOND AVENUE, HOUSTON, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1275580938

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Sep 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 24, 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.

$0.34 with TriWest Health Alliance vs $12.60 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
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $0.34 —
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $0.34 —
BCBS MyBlueHealth $0.35 —
BCBS BAV $0.39 —
BCBS PPO $0.49 —
BCBS EPOSOA $0.49 —
BCBS HMO $0.49 —
United SmallGroup $0.56 —
United AllPayerAppendix $0.56 —
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $0.56 —
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $0.84 —
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $0.84 —
Superior Health Plan STARKids $0.84 —
Superior Health Plan STAR $0.84 —
Superior Health Plan CHIP $0.84 —
Cigna CSN $0.85 —
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $0.92 —
Cigna PPO $1.09 —
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $1.82 —
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $1.82 —
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $1.82 —
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $1.82 —
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $1.96 —
Amerigroup MGMCD $1.96 —
United OptionsPPO $2.35 —
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $3.36 —
Humana PPO $4.64 —
Humana HMO $4.64 —
BCBS Traditional $4.90 —
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $6.02 —
United GlobalAppendix $6.30 —
Coventry National First Health COMM $7.25 —
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $7.70 —
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $7.70 —
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $8.40 —
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $8.40 —
Triumph COMM $8.40 —
Independent Medical System COMM $8.40 —
Coastal Comp COMM $9.10 —
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $10.50 —
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $11.20 —
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $11.48 —
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $11.90 —
Physicians, INC COMM $11.90 —
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $11.90 —
Affiliated PPO COMM $12.60 —

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Ketorolac (Toradol) Pain Shot, 15 mg at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $26.86 $0.16 – $53.86
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $26.86 $0.20 – $53.86
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $0.34 – $0.85
Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital Houston not published $0.30 – $0.59
Houston Methodist Hospital Houston not published $0.30 – $1.21
Houston Methodist West Hospital Houston not published $0.30 – $1.21
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $0.34 – $0.85
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $89.22 $0.69 – $0.69

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