Minoxidil, 10 mg 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

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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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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

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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.

$0.73 with BCBS vs $29.70 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.

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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
BCBS MyBlueHealth $0.73
BCBS BAV $0.80
BCBS EPOSOA $1.00
BCBS PPO $1.00
BCBS HMO $1.00
Cigna CSN $1.14
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $1.23
Cigna PPO $1.47
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $1.98
Superior Health Plan STAR $1.98
Superior Health Plan STARKids $1.98
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $1.98
Superior Health Plan CHIP $1.98
Aetna MCR $2.19
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $4.29
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $4.29
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $4.29
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $4.29
Amerigroup MGMCD $4.62
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $4.62
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $5.48
United OptionsPPO $5.54
Superior EPO $5.78
Superior HMO $5.78
Superior ValueHMO $6.53
Humana HMO $6.62
Humana PPO $6.62
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $7.82
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $7.82
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $7.92
Molina Healthcare HIX $8.91
CHC Harris Health Indigent $9.90
BCBS Traditional $11.55
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $13.20
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $14.19
United GlobalAppendix $14.85
Coventry National First Health COMM $17.59
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $18.15
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $18.15
Triumph COMM $19.80
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $19.80
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $19.80
Independent Medical System COMM $19.80
Coastal Comp COMM $21.45
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $24.75
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $26.40
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $27.06
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $28.05
Physicians, INC COMM $28.05
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $28.05
Affiliated PPO COMM $29.70

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Minoxidil, 10 mg at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $0.73 – $6.62
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $0.73 – $6.62
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA $32.66 $0.73 – $6.62
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas not published $1.42 – $1.42
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $0.73 – $6.62
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock not published $1.38 – $1.48
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $0.73 – $6.62
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $0.73 – $6.62

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