Levothyroxine 100 mcg intravenous powder for solution 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.

$5.98 with TriWest Health Alliance vs $535.50 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 $5.98
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $5.98
United AllPayerAppendix $9.87
United SmallGroup $9.87
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $9.87
Cigna CSN $18.63
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $20.17
BCBS MyBlueHealth $20.85
BCBS BAV $22.98
Cigna PPO $24.02
BCBS EPOSOA $28.73
BCBS PPO $28.73
BCBS HMO $28.73
Superior Health Plan CHIP $35.70
Superior Health Plan STAR $35.70
Superior Health Plan STARKids $35.70
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $35.70
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $35.70
Aetna MCR $39.45
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $77.35
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $77.35
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $77.35
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $77.35
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $83.30
Amerigroup MGMCD $83.30
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $98.77
United OptionsPPO $99.96
Superior EPO $104.13
Superior HMO $104.13
Superior ValueHMO $117.81
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $141.01
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $141.01
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $142.80
Molina Healthcare HIX $160.65
CHC Harris Health Indigent $178.50
Humana PPO $189.86
Humana HMO $189.86
BCBS Traditional $208.25
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $255.85
United GlobalAppendix $267.75
Coventry National First Health COMM $317.13
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $327.25
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $327.25
Triumph COMM $357.00
Independent Medical System COMM $357.00
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $357.00
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $357.00
Coastal Comp COMM $386.75
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $446.25
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $476.00
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $487.90
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $505.75
Physicians, INC COMM $505.75
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $505.75
Affiliated PPO COMM $535.50

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Levothyroxine 100 mcg intravenous powder for solution at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $187.29 $26.25 – $119.28
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $187.29 $26.25 – $119.28
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HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $546.36 $5.98 – $20.85
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $52.78 $38.43 – $301.58
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