Phentolaine mesylate inj at HCA HOUSTON WEST
12141 RICHMOND AVENUE, HOUSTON, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1275580938
$1,336.00
Cash price 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.
$1,336.00
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.
$80.16 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,548.66 with Humana — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $80.16 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $80.16 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $80.16 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $80.16 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $80.16 | ↓ -94% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $173.68 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $173.68 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $173.68 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $173.68 | ↓ -87% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $187.04 | ↓ -86% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $187.04 | ↓ -86% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $221.78 | ↓ -83% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $224.45 | ↓ -83% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $316.63 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $316.63 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $320.64 | ↓ -76% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $420.56 | ↓ -69% |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $420.56 | ↓ -69% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $467.60 | ↓ -65% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $574.48 | ↓ -57% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $586.35 | ↓ -56% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $601.20 | ↓ -55% |
| BCBS | BAV | $646.19 | ↓ -52% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $693.92 | ↓ -48% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $693.92 | ↓ -48% |
| United | SmallGroup | $693.92 | ↓ -48% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $712.09 | ↓ -47% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $734.80 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $734.80 | ↓ -45% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $801.60 | ↓ -40% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $801.60 | ↓ -40% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $801.60 | ↓ -40% |
| Triumph | COMM | $801.60 | ↓ -40% |
| BCBS | PPO | $807.73 | ↓ -40% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $807.73 | ↓ -40% |
| BCBS | HMO | $807.73 | ↓ -40% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $868.40 | ↓ -35% |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $1,002.00 | ↓ -25% |
| Cigna | CSN | $1,056.35 | ↓ -21% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $1,068.80 | ↓ -20% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $1,095.52 | ↓ -18% |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $1,135.60 | ↓ -15% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $1,135.60 | ↓ -15% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $1,135.60 | ↓ -15% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $1,143.66 | ↓ -14% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $1,202.40 | ↓ -10% |
| Cigna | PPO | $1,361.91 | ↑ +2% |
| Humana | PPO | $1,548.66 | ↑ +16% |
| Humana | HMO | $1,548.66 | ↑ +16% |
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Phentolaine mesylate inj at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | $1,621.60 | $449.30 – $1,548.66 |
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $494.38 | $118.39 – $538.10 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $494.38 | $118.39 – $538.10 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | $1,541.76 | $449.30 – $1,548.66 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $1,325.32 | $244.58 – $1,413.75 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $1,325.32 | $232.80 – $1,696.50 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $1,325.32 | $226.20 – $1,413.75 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $1,325.32 | $244.58 – $1,413.75 |