Prednisolone sodium phosphate 15 mg/5 ml (3 mg/ml) oral solution at HCA HOUSTON WEST
12141 RICHMOND AVENUE, HOUSTON, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1275580938
$62.00
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.
$62.00
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.
$0.37 with BCBS vs $55.80 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.
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 |
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| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $0.37 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | BAV | $0.41 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | HMO | $0.51 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | PPO | $0.51 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $0.51 | ↓ -99% |
| Humana | HMO | $0.58 | ↓ -99% |
| Humana | PPO | $0.58 | ↓ -99% |
| Cigna | CSN | $0.65 | ↓ -99% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $0.71 | ↓ -99% |
| Cigna | PPO | $0.84 | ↓ -99% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $0.92 | ↓ -99% |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $0.92 | ↓ -99% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $1.52 | ↓ -98% |
| United | SmallGroup | $1.52 | ↓ -98% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $1.52 | ↓ -98% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $3.72 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $3.72 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $3.72 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $3.72 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $3.72 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | MCR | $4.11 | ↓ -93% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $8.06 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $8.06 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $8.06 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $8.06 | ↓ -87% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $8.68 | ↓ -86% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $8.68 | ↓ -86% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $10.29 | ↓ -83% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $10.42 | ↓ -83% |
| Superior | HMO | $10.85 | ↓ -83% |
| Superior | EPO | $10.85 | ↓ -83% |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $12.28 | ↓ -80% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $14.69 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $14.69 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $14.88 | ↓ -76% |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $16.74 | ↓ -73% |
| CHC Harris Health | Indigent | $18.60 | ↓ -70% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $21.70 | ↓ -65% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $26.66 | ↓ -57% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $27.90 | ↓ -55% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $33.05 | ↓ -47% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $34.10 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $34.10 | ↓ -45% |
| Triumph | COMM | $37.20 | ↓ -40% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $37.20 | ↓ -40% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $37.20 | ↓ -40% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $37.20 | ↓ -40% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $40.30 | ↓ -35% |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $46.50 | ↓ -25% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $49.60 | ↓ -20% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $50.84 | ↓ -18% |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $52.70 | ↓ -15% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $52.70 | ↓ -15% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $52.70 | ↓ -15% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $55.80 | ↓ -10% |
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Prednisolone sodium phosphate 15 mg/5 ml (3 mg/ml) oral solution at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | $117.78 | $0.37 – $1.52 |
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $25.67 | $0.06 – $0.25 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $25.67 | $0.06 – $0.25 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | $111.25 | $0.37 – $1.52 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $58.63 | $0.73 – $0.73 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $63.65 | $0.81 – $51.17 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $63.65 | $0.81 – $54.18 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $63.65 | $0.81 – $45.15 |