Methylene blue (antidote) 5 mg/ml intravenous solution at HCA HOUSTON WEST
12141 RICHMOND AVENUE, HOUSTON, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1275580938
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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.
$2.27 with BCBS vs $1,334.70 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 | $2.27 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $2.51 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $3.13 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $3.13 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $3.13 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $6.65 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $7.21 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $8.58 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $16.19 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $16.19 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $16.19 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $88.98 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $88.98 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $88.98 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $88.98 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $88.98 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $176.59 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $176.59 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $192.79 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $192.79 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $192.79 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $192.79 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $207.62 | — |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $207.62 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $246.18 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $249.14 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $351.47 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $351.47 | — |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $355.92 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $519.05 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $593.20 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $637.69 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $667.35 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $790.44 | — |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $815.65 | — |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $815.65 | — |
| Triumph | COMM | $889.80 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $889.80 | — |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $889.80 | — |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $889.80 | — |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $963.95 | — |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $1,112.25 | — |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $1,186.40 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $1,216.06 | — |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $1,260.55 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $1,260.55 | — |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $1,260.55 | — |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $1,334.70 | — |
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Methylene blue (antidote) 5 mg/ml intravenous solution at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $2.27 – $176.59 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $2.27 – $176.59 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $983.93 | $4.47 – $4.47 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $2,185.54 | $9.78 – $80.54 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $2,185.54 | $13.26 – $96.65 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $2,185.54 | $9.78 – $80.54 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $2,185.54 | $9.78 – $80.54 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $2,185.54 | $9.78 – $96.65 |