Phenobarbital therapeutic drug level 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

$827.00

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.

$827.00

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.

$12.59 with Texas Health Network vs $744.30 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
Texas Health Network MCD $12.59 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $12.85 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $12.85 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $12.85 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $12.85 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $12.85 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $12.85 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $12.85 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $12.85 ↓ -98%
United MGMCD $13.11 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $13.88 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STAR $14.14 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $14.14 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $14.14 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $14.14 ↓ -98%
Oscar MGMCR $14.99 ↓ -98%
WellMed MGMCR $15.22 ↓ -98%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $15.30 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $15.30 ↓ -98%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $15.30 ↓ -98%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $15.30 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRPPO $15.30 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $15.30 ↓ -98%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $15.30 ↓ -98%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $15.30 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $15.30 ↓ -98%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $15.30 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup DualEligible $15.30 ↓ -98%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $15.30 ↓ -98%
United SmallGroup $15.30 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MGMCR $15.30 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $15.30 ↓ -98%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $15.30 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $15.30 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $15.30 ↓ -98%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $15.30 ↓ -98%
Aetna MCR $15.43 ↓ -98%
Van Lang IPA MCR $15.45 ↓ -98%
United MCR $15.61 ↓ -98%
WellCare SNP $15.76 ↓ -98%
WellCare PFFS $15.76 ↓ -98%
WellCare MCRHMO $15.76 ↓ -98%
WellCare POS $15.76 ↓ -98%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $15.76 ↓ -98%
WellCare PPO $15.76 ↓ -98%
Humana MCD $16.06 ↓ -98%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $16.07 ↓ -98%
American Health Plan MGMCR $16.07 ↓ -98%
Shared Health MGMCR $16.07 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $16.07 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $16.07 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $16.07 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $16.07 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $16.07 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $16.07 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $16.22 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $16.22 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $16.22 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $16.22 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $16.22 ↓ -98%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $16.56 ↓ -98%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $16.56 ↓ -98%
Molina MGMCR $16.68 ↓ -98%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $18.36 ↓ -98%
Verda Health Plan MCR $19.89 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice HIX $22.18 ↓ -97%
Superior ValueHMO $22.18 ↓ -97%
Superior HMO $23.72 ↓ -97%
Superior EPO $23.72 ↓ -97%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $30.29 ↓ -96%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $30.91 ↓ -96%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $32.13 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare HIX $32.90 ↓ -96%
BCBS BAV $34.12 ↓ -96%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $37.18 ↓ -96%
BCBS HMO $42.69 ↓ -95%
Oscar HIX $44.22 ↓ -95%
BCBS EPOSOA $45.75 ↓ -94%
BCBS PPO $48.81 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $49.62 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $49.62 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $49.62 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $49.62 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $49.62 ↓ -94%
Aetna QHPExchange $56.06 ↓ -93%
Cigna CSN $62.74 ↓ -92%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $67.96 ↓ -92%
Aetna NBHMO $74.55 ↓ -91%
Aetna NBPOS $74.55 ↓ -91%
Aetna NBPPO $74.55 ↓ -91%
Aetna COMMHMO $79.20 ↓ -90%
Aetna COMMPPO $79.20 ↓ -90%
Aetna COMMPOS $79.20 ↓ -90%
Cigna PPO $80.85 ↓ -90%
Aetna OONPOS $93.04 ↓ -89%
Aetna OONHMO $93.04 ↓ -89%
Aetna OONPPO $93.04 ↓ -89%
Aetna ASAPOS $100.60 ↓ -88%
Aetna ASAPPO $100.60 ↓ -88%
Aetna ASAHMO $100.60 ↓ -88%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $137.28 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $138.94 ↓ -83%
Humana HMO $165.55 ↓ -80%
Humana PPO $165.55 ↓ -80%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $198.48 ↓ -76%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $225.77 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $289.45 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $289.45 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $355.61 ↓ -57%
Averde Health Commercial $372.15 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $372.15 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $372.15 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $440.79 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $454.85 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $454.85 ↓ -45%
Triumph COMM $496.20 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $496.20 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $496.20 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $496.20 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $537.55 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $620.25 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $661.60 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $678.14 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $702.95 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $702.95 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $702.95 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $744.30 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Phenobarbital therapeutic drug level at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $52.50 $11.02 – $150.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $52.50 $11.02 – $150.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $12.85 – $62.74
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $12.85 – $62.74
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $292.48 $13.77 – $58.91
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $124.42 $10.00 – $155.53
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $109.10 $12.00 – $163.66
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $121.59 $12.00 – $151.99

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