Valproate in ns IV syringe 10 mg/ml (pediatric) - cnr 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.

$0.05 with TriWest Health Alliance vs $65.43 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 $0.05
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $0.05
United AllPayerAppendix $0.08
United SmallGroup $0.08
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $0.08
BCBS MyBlueHealth $0.10
BCBS BAV $0.11
BCBS EPOSOA $0.14
BCBS HMO $0.14
BCBS PPO $0.14
Superior Health Plan STARKids $4.36
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $4.36
Superior Health Plan CHIP $4.36
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $4.36
Superior Health Plan STAR $4.36
Aetna MCR $4.82
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $9.45
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $9.45
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $9.45
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $9.45
Amerigroup MGMCD $10.18
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $10.18
Cigna CSN $10.76
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $11.63
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $12.07
United OptionsPPO $12.21
Superior HMO $12.72
Superior EPO $12.72
Cigna PPO $13.81
Superior ValueHMO $14.39
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $17.23
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $17.23
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $17.45
Molina Healthcare HIX $19.63
CHC Harris Health Indigent $21.81
Humana PPO $23.20
Humana HMO $23.20
BCBS Traditional $25.45
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $31.26
United GlobalAppendix $32.72
Coventry National First Health COMM $38.75
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $39.98
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $39.98
Triumph COMM $43.62
Independent Medical System COMM $43.62
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $43.62
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $43.62
Coastal Comp COMM $47.26
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $54.52
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $58.16
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $59.61
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $61.80
Physicians, INC COMM $61.80
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $61.80
Affiliated PPO COMM $65.43

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Valproate in ns IV syringe 10 mg/ml (pediatric) - cnr at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $0.08 – $0.08
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $0.08 – $0.08
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $24.12 $0.04 – $34.17
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $24.12 $0.04 – $36.18
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $24.12 $0.04 – $30.15
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $24.12 $0.04 – $34.17
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $24.12 $0.04 – $36.18
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $24.12 $0.04 – $36.18

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