Meperidine (pf) 25 mg/ml injection (wrapper) at HCA HOUSTON WEST
12141 RICHMOND AVENUE, HOUSTON, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1275580938
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Cash price 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 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.
$3.57 with BCBS vs $67.50 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.
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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| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $3.57 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $3.93 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $4.50 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $4.50 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $4.50 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $4.50 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $4.50 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $4.91 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $4.91 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $4.91 | — |
| Aetna | MCR | $4.97 | — |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $8.15 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $8.15 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $9.75 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $9.75 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $9.75 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $9.75 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $10.50 | — |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $10.50 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $12.45 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $12.60 | — |
| Superior | HMO | $13.13 | — |
| Superior | EPO | $13.13 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $13.45 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $13.45 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $13.45 | — |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $14.85 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $17.77 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $17.77 | — |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $18.00 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $20.25 | — |
| CHC Harris Health | Indigent | $22.50 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $26.25 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $32.25 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $33.75 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $37.97 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $39.64 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $39.64 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $39.98 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $41.11 | — |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $41.25 | — |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $41.25 | — |
| Triumph | COMM | $45.00 | — |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $45.00 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $45.00 | — |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $45.00 | — |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $48.75 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $48.95 | — |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $56.25 | — |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $60.00 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $61.50 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $63.75 | — |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $63.75 | — |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $63.75 | — |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $67.50 | — |
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Meperidine (pf) 25 mg/ml injection (wrapper) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $128.18 | $1.64 – $54.40 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $128.18 | $1.98 – $54.40 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $3.57 – $39.64 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $3.57 – $39.64 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $63.51 | $7.01 – $7.01 |
| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | $57.96 | $6.81 – $54.93 |
| HCA HOUSTON CONROE | CONROE | $9.94 | $3.57 – $39.64 |
| St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center | Pasadena | $4.05 | $1.98 – $11.55 |