Sumatriptan 6 mg/0.5 ml subcutaneous solution at HCA HOUSTON WEST
12141 RICHMOND AVENUE, HOUSTON, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1275580938
$1,946.00
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.
$1,946.00
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.
$47.41 with BCBS vs $1,751.40 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $47.41 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS | BAV | $52.25 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $65.31 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS | PPO | $65.31 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS | HMO | $65.31 | ↓ -97% |
| Cigna | CSN | $91.33 | ↓ -95% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $98.88 | ↓ -95% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $116.76 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $116.76 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $116.76 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $116.76 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $116.76 | ↓ -94% |
| Cigna | PPO | $117.75 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | MCR | $129.02 | ↓ -93% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $252.98 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $252.98 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $252.98 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $252.98 | ↓ -87% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $272.44 | ↓ -86% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $272.44 | ↓ -86% |
| United | SmallGroup | $312.68 | ↓ -84% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $312.68 | ↓ -84% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $312.68 | ↓ -84% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $323.04 | ↓ -83% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $326.93 | ↓ -83% |
| Superior | EPO | $340.55 | ↓ -83% |
| Superior | HMO | $340.55 | ↓ -83% |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $385.31 | ↓ -80% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $461.20 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $461.20 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $467.04 | ↓ -76% |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $525.42 | ↓ -73% |
| Humana | HMO | $580.60 | ↓ -70% |
| Humana | PPO | $580.60 | ↓ -70% |
| CHC Harris Health | Indigent | $583.80 | ↓ -70% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $681.10 | ↓ -65% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $778.40 | ↓ -60% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $836.78 | ↓ -57% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $875.70 | ↓ -55% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $1,037.22 | ↓ -47% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $1,070.30 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $1,070.30 | ↓ -45% |
| Triumph | COMM | $1,167.60 | ↓ -40% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $1,167.60 | ↓ -40% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $1,167.60 | ↓ -40% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $1,167.60 | ↓ -40% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $1,264.90 | ↓ -35% |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $1,459.50 | ↓ -25% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $1,556.80 | ↓ -20% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $1,595.72 | ↓ -18% |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $1,654.10 | ↓ -15% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $1,654.10 | ↓ -15% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $1,654.10 | ↓ -15% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $1,751.40 | ↓ -10% |
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Sumatriptan 6 mg/0.5 ml subcutaneous solution at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $291.52 | $15.37 – $69.84 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $291.52 | $15.37 – $69.84 |
| Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital | Houston | not published | $88.69 – $968.64 |
| Houston Methodist Hospital | Houston | not published | $88.69 – $877.46 |
| Houston Methodist West Hospital | Houston | not published | $88.69 – $968.64 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $72.22 | $93.13 – $93.13 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $237.70 | $67.35 – $336.74 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $237.70 | $48.93 – $356.54 |