Metered dose inhaler drug 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.
$14.34 with Superior Health Plan vs $600.00 with Texas Athletic Network — 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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| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $14.34 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $14.34 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $14.34 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $14.34 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $14.34 | — |
| Aetna | MCR | $15.85 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $31.07 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $31.07 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $31.07 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $31.07 | — |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $33.46 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $33.46 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $35.37 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $38.08 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $38.08 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $38.24 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $38.96 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $39.67 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $40.15 | — |
| Superior | EPO | $41.83 | — |
| Superior | HMO | $41.83 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $43.02 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $45.41 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $46.60 | — |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $47.32 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $53.77 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $54.97 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $55.93 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $56.64 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $56.64 | — |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $57.36 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $60.95 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $63.34 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $64.53 | — |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $65.25 | — |
| CHC Harris Health | Indigent | $71.70 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $76.72 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $76.72 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $76.72 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $81.74 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $81.74 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $81.74 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $83.65 | — |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $83.65 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $95.60 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $95.60 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $95.84 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $95.84 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $95.84 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $102.77 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $103.49 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $103.49 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $103.49 | — |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $107.55 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $107.55 | — |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $107.55 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $127.39 | — |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $131.45 | — |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $131.45 | — |
| Triumph | COMM | $143.40 | — |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $143.40 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $143.40 | — |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $143.40 | — |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $155.35 | — |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $179.25 | — |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $191.20 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $195.98 | — |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $203.15 | — |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $203.15 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $203.15 | — |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $215.10 | — |
| Texas Athletic Network | Premier | $300.00 | — |
| Texas Athletic Network | PremierPlus | $500.00 | — |
| Texas Athletic Network | TexasCustomUC | $600.00 | — |
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Metered dose inhaler drug at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $38.08 – $38.08 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $38.08 – $38.08 |
| St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital | Madisonville | $57.68 | $17.04 – $133.69 |
| St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin | Lufkin | $431.10 | $4.50 – $11.84 |
| St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital | College Station | $57.68 | $22.73 – $133.69 |
| St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital | Lake Jackson | $86.37 | $26.80 – $116.12 |
| St. Joseph Health Grimes Hospital | Navasota | $57.68 | $22.73 – $148.40 |
| St. Luke's Health Memorial Livingston | Livingston | $431.10 | $2.61 – $11.84 |