Methylergonovine 0.2 mg/ml (1 ml) injection 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

$257.00

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$257.00

Gross charge

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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.

$15.42 with Superior Health Plan vs $231.30 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
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $15.42 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $15.42 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $15.42 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $15.42 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $15.42 ↓ -94%
Aetna MCR $17.04 ↓ -93%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $21.36 ↓ -92%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $21.36 ↓ -92%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $26.77 ↓ -90%
BCBS BAV $29.51 ↓ -89%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $33.41 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $33.41 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $33.41 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $33.41 ↓ -87%
United SmallGroup $35.24 ↓ -86%
United AllPayerAppendix $35.24 ↓ -86%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $35.24 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MGMCD $35.98 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $35.98 ↓ -86%
BCBS EPOSOA $36.88 ↓ -86%
BCBS PPO $36.88 ↓ -86%
BCBS HMO $36.88 ↓ -86%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $42.66 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $43.18 ↓ -83%
Superior HMO $44.98 ↓ -82%
Superior EPO $44.98 ↓ -82%
Superior ValueHMO $50.89 ↓ -80%
Cigna CSN $53.39 ↓ -79%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $57.80 ↓ -78%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $60.91 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $60.91 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $61.68 ↓ -76%
Cigna PPO $68.83 ↓ -73%
Molina Healthcare HIX $69.39 ↓ -73%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $77.10 ↓ -70%
BCBS Traditional $89.95 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $110.51 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $115.65 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $136.98 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $141.35 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $141.35 ↓ -45%
Humana HMO $154.18 ↓ -40%
Humana PPO $154.18 ↓ -40%
Triumph COMM $154.20 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $154.20 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $154.20 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $154.20 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $167.05 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $192.75 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $205.60 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $210.74 ↓ -18%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $218.45 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $218.45 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $218.45 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $231.30 ↓ -10%

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Methylergonovine 0.2 mg/ml (1 ml) injection solution at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $296.73 $21.29 – $154.18
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $48.37 $12.29 – $79.92
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $48.37 $14.89 – $79.92
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $278.97 $21.29 – $154.18
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $250.61 $21.29 – $154.18
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $163.89 $51.09 – $77.20
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE $52.10 $21.36 – $154.18
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $278.93 $21.36 – $154.18

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