Penicillin g potassium in ns IV syringe 100,000 units/ml (neo/ped) - cnr 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.

$0.78 with Christus (USFHP) vs $13.50 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.

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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
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $0.78
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $0.78
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $0.90
Superior Health Plan CHIP $0.90
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $0.90
Superior Health Plan STAR $0.90
Superior Health Plan STARKids $0.90
Aetna MCR $0.99
United AllPayerAppendix $1.29
United SmallGroup $1.29
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1.29
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $1.95
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $1.95
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $1.95
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $1.95
Amerigroup MGMCD $2.10
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $2.10
Cigna CSN $2.13
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $2.31
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $2.49
United OptionsPPO $2.52
Superior HMO $2.63
Superior EPO $2.63
Cigna PPO $2.75
BCBS MyBlueHealth $2.90
Superior ValueHMO $2.97
BCBS BAV $3.20
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $3.56
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $3.56
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $3.60
BCBS HMO $4.00
BCBS EPOSOA $4.00
BCBS PPO $4.00
Molina Healthcare HIX $4.05
CHC Harris Health Indigent $4.50
BCBS Traditional $5.25
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $6.45
United GlobalAppendix $6.75
Coventry National First Health COMM $8.00
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $8.25
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $8.25
Triumph COMM $9.00
Independent Medical System COMM $9.00
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $9.00
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $9.00
Coastal Comp COMM $9.75
Humana HMO $10.42
Humana PPO $10.42
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $11.25
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $12.00
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $12.30
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $12.75
Physicians, INC COMM $12.75
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $12.75
Affiliated PPO COMM $13.50

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Penicillin g potassium in ns IV syringe 100,000 units/ml (neo/ped) - cnr at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $25.24 $1.31 – $70.07
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $25.24 $1.07 – $70.07
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $0.78 – $10.42
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $0.78 – $10.42
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $182.10 $0.75 – $59.08
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $182.10 $0.75 – $62.55
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $182.10 $0.75 – $52.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $182.10 $0.75 – $59.08

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