Protamine 10 mg/ml intravenous solution 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.

$1.57 with TriWest Health Alliance vs $289.80 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.

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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
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $1.57
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1.57
BCBS MyBlueHealth $2.35
United AllPayerAppendix $2.59
BCBS BAV $2.59
United SmallGroup $2.59
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $2.59
BCBS PPO $3.24
BCBS EPOSOA $3.24
BCBS HMO $3.24
Cigna CSN $3.97
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $4.30
Cigna PPO $5.12
Humana HMO $10.13
Humana PPO $10.13
Superior Health Plan CHIP $19.32
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $19.32
Superior Health Plan STARKids $19.32
Superior Health Plan STAR $19.32
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $19.32
Aetna MCR $21.35
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $41.86
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $41.86
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $41.86
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $41.86
Amerigroup MGMCD $45.08
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $45.08
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $53.45
United OptionsPPO $54.10
Superior HMO $56.35
Superior EPO $56.35
Superior ValueHMO $63.76
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $76.31
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $76.31
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $77.28
Molina Healthcare HIX $86.94
CHC Harris Health Indigent $96.60
BCBS Traditional $112.70
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $138.46
United GlobalAppendix $144.90
Coventry National First Health COMM $171.63
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $177.10
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $177.10
Triumph COMM $193.20
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $193.20
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $193.20
Independent Medical System COMM $193.20
Coastal Comp COMM $209.30
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $241.50
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $257.60
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $264.04
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $273.70
Physicians, INC COMM $273.70
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $273.70
Affiliated PPO COMM $289.80

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Protamine 10 mg/ml intravenous solution at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $63.26 $1.08 – $59.48
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $63.26 $1.31 – $59.48
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $1.40 – $10.13
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $1.40 – $10.13
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $67.92 $4.62 – $4.62
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $159.63 $1.84 – $102.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $159.63 $1.84 – $108.79
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $159.63 $1.84 – $90.66

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