Tacrolimus 1 mg capsule, immediate-release 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.

$0.20 with Christus (USFHP) vs $45.00 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
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $0.20
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $0.20
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $0.33
United AllPayerAppendix $0.33
United SmallGroup $0.33
Cigna CSN $0.36
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $0.39
Cigna PPO $0.47
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $3.00
Superior Health Plan STAR $3.00
Superior Health Plan STARKids $3.00
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $3.00
Superior Health Plan CHIP $3.00
Aetna MCR $3.31
Humana HMO $6.14
Humana PPO $6.14
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $6.50
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $6.50
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $6.50
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $6.50
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $7.00
Amerigroup MGMCD $7.00
BCBS MyBlueHealth $7.11
BCBS BAV $7.84
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $8.30
United OptionsPPO $8.40
Superior HMO $8.75
Superior EPO $8.75
BCBS HMO $9.80
BCBS PPO $9.80
BCBS EPOSOA $9.80
Superior ValueHMO $9.90
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $11.85
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $11.85
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $12.00
Molina Healthcare HIX $13.50
CHC Harris Health Indigent $15.00
BCBS Traditional $17.50
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $21.50
United GlobalAppendix $22.50
Coventry National First Health COMM $26.65
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $27.50
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $27.50
Triumph COMM $30.00
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $30.00
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $30.00
Independent Medical System COMM $30.00
Coastal Comp COMM $32.50
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $37.50
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $40.00
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $41.00
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $42.50
Physicians, INC COMM $42.50
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $42.50
Affiliated PPO COMM $45.00

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Tacrolimus 1 mg capsule, immediate-release at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $12.25 $0.06 – $0.25
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $12.25 $0.06 – $0.25
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $0.19 – $7.11
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $0.19 – $7.11
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $43.10 $0.11 – $3.43
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $43.10 $0.08 – $0.60
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $43.10 $0.08 – $3.49
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $43.10 $0.11 – $3.43

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