Caffeine citrate 20 mg/ml inj for po at HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD

5324 ATASCOCITA RD, HUMBLE, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1811942238

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.

$0.97 with Superior Health Plan vs $14.90 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.

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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
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $0.97
Superior Health Plan CHIP $0.97
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $0.97
Superior Health Plan STAR $0.97
Superior Health Plan STARKids $0.97
Aetna MCR $1.07
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $2.11
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $2.11
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $2.11
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $2.11
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $2.27
Amerigroup MGMCD $2.27
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $2.69
BCBS MyBlueHealth $2.70
United OptionsPPO $2.72
Superior HMO $2.83
Superior EPO $2.83
Cigna CSN $2.98
Superior ValueHMO $3.21
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $3.22
United SmallGroup $3.35
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $3.35
United AllPayerAppendix $3.35
BCBS HMO $3.73
BCBS EPOSOA $3.73
BCBS PPO $3.73
Cigna PPO $3.84
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $3.84
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $3.84
Molina Healthcare HIX $4.37
BCBS BAV $4.65
CHC Harris Health Indigent $4.86
BCBS Traditional $5.67
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $6.48
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $6.97
United GlobalAppendix $7.29
Coventry National First Health COMM $8.63
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $8.91
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $8.91
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $9.72
Independent Medical System COMM $9.72
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $9.72
Coastal Comp COMM $10.53
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $12.15
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $12.96
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $13.28
USA Managed Care COMM $13.77
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $13.77
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $13.77
Physicians, INC COMM $13.77
Affiliated PPO COMM $14.58
Humana PPO $14.90
Humana HMO $14.90

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Caffeine citrate 20 mg/ml inj for po at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $335.66 $2.70 – $14.90
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $429.49 $2.70 – $14.90
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $60.50 $5.16 – $8.51
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING $17.86 $2.70 – $14.90
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $35.31 $1.24 – $5.80
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $3.71 $0.60 – $4.23
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $36.02 $1.72 – $56.52
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland $110.87 $2.70 – $14.90

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