Sodium chloride 0.9 % intravenous solution at HCA HOUSTON WEST
12141 RICHMOND AVENUE, HOUSTON, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1275580938
$503.00
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.
$503.00
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.
$1.99 with Christus (USFHP) vs $452.70 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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| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $1.99 | ↓ -100% |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $1.99 | ↓ -100% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $3.28 | ↓ -99% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $3.28 | ↓ -99% |
| United | SmallGroup | $3.28 | ↓ -99% |
| Cigna | CSN | $5.52 | ↓ -99% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $5.97 | ↓ -99% |
| Cigna | PPO | $7.11 | ↓ -99% |
| Humana | PPO | $25.62 | ↓ -95% |
| Humana | HMO | $25.62 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $29.20 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $30.18 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $30.18 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $30.18 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $30.18 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $30.18 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS | BAV | $32.18 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | MCR | $33.35 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS | PPO | $40.23 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $40.23 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS | HMO | $40.23 | ↓ -92% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $65.39 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $65.39 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $65.39 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $65.39 | ↓ -87% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $70.42 | ↓ -86% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $70.42 | ↓ -86% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $83.50 | ↓ -83% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $84.50 | ↓ -83% |
| Superior | HMO | $88.03 | ↓ -82% |
| Superior | EPO | $88.03 | ↓ -82% |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $99.59 | ↓ -80% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $119.21 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $119.21 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $120.72 | ↓ -76% |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $135.81 | ↓ -73% |
| CHC Harris Health | Indigent | $150.90 | ↓ -70% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $176.05 | ↓ -65% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $216.29 | ↓ -57% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $226.35 | ↓ -55% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $268.10 | ↓ -47% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $276.65 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $276.65 | ↓ -45% |
| Triumph | COMM | $301.80 | ↓ -40% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $301.80 | ↓ -40% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $301.80 | ↓ -40% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $301.80 | ↓ -40% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $326.95 | ↓ -35% |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $377.25 | ↓ -25% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $402.40 | ↓ -20% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $412.46 | ↓ -18% |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $427.55 | ↓ -15% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $427.55 | ↓ -15% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $427.55 | ↓ -15% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $452.70 | ↓ -10% |
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Sodium chloride 0.9 % intravenous solution at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $7.35 | $0.59 – $2.64 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $7.35 | $0.59 – $2.64 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $2.47 – $29.20 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $2.47 – $29.20 |
| Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital | Houston | not published | $5.36 – $58.11 |
| Houston Methodist Hospital | Houston | not published | $5.36 – $58.11 |
| Houston Methodist West Hospital | Houston | not published | $5.36 – $58.11 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $28.66 | $57.37 – $57.37 |