Linezolid in 5% dextrose in water 600 mg/300 ml intravenous piggyback 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

$2,458.00

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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$2,458.00

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.

$2.74 with Christus (USFHP) vs $2,212.20 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 $2.74 ↓ -100%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $2.74 ↓ -100%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $4.52 ↓ -100%
United AllPayerAppendix $4.52 ↓ -100%
United SmallGroup $4.52 ↓ -100%
Cigna CSN $8.40 ↓ -100%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $9.09 ↓ -100%
Cigna PPO $10.83 ↓ -100%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $28.22 ↓ -99%
BCBS BAV $31.10 ↓ -99%
BCBS PPO $38.88 ↓ -98%
BCBS EPOSOA $38.88 ↓ -98%
BCBS HMO $38.88 ↓ -98%
Humana HMO $96.04 ↓ -96%
Humana PPO $96.04 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $147.48 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $147.48 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $147.48 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $147.48 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $147.48 ↓ -94%
Aetna MCR $162.97 ↓ -93%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $319.54 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $319.54 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $319.54 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $319.54 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MGMCD $344.12 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $344.12 ↓ -86%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $408.03 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $412.94 ↓ -83%
Superior HMO $430.15 ↓ -83%
Superior EPO $430.15 ↓ -83%
Superior ValueHMO $486.68 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $582.55 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $582.55 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $589.92 ↓ -76%
Molina Healthcare HIX $663.66 ↓ -73%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $737.40 ↓ -70%
BCBS Traditional $860.30 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $1,056.94 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $1,106.10 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,310.11 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $1,351.90 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $1,351.90 ↓ -45%
Triumph COMM $1,474.80 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,474.80 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $1,474.80 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $1,474.80 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $1,597.70 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $1,843.50 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $1,966.40 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2,015.56 ↓ -18%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $2,089.30 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $2,089.30 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $2,089.30 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $2,212.20 ↓ -10%

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Linezolid in 5% dextrose in water 600 mg/300 ml intravenous piggyback at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $125.66 $5.22 – $83.18
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $125.66 $4.26 – $83.18
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $3.47 – $96.04
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $3.47 – $96.04
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $294.41 $55.44 – $55.44
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $335.91 $2.73 – $172.55
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $335.91 $2.73 – $182.70
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $335.91 $2.73 – $152.25

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