Sipuleucel-t - su at HCA HOUSTON WEST
12141 RICHMOND AVENUE, HOUSTON, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1275580938
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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.
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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.
$54,404.10 with Christus (USFHP) vs $422,905.25 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 |
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| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $54,404.10 | — |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $54,404.10 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $89,766.78 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $89,766.78 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $89,766.78 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $119,340.85 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $131,518.49 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $135,389.25 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $146,578.44 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $164,398.11 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $164,398.11 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $164,398.11 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $174,551.43 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $422,905.25 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $422,905.25 | — |
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Sipuleucel-t - su at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $57,017.10 – $422,905.25 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $57,017.10 – $422,905.25 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $112,684.50 | $6,299.00 – $140,855.62 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $112,684.50 | $23,194.23 – $169,026.75 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $112,684.50 | $22,536.90 – $140,855.62 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $112,684.50 | $30,049.20 – $140,855.62 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $112,684.50 | $36,171.72 – $169,026.75 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $112,684.50 | $58,220.32 – $169,026.75 |