Desmopressin 4 mcg/ml injection solution 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.

$3.41 with TriWest Health Alliance vs $122.72 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
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $3.41
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $3.41
Superior Health Plan CHIP $4.02
Superior Health Plan STAR $4.02
Superior Health Plan STARKids $4.02
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $4.02
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $4.02
BCBS MyBlueHealth $4.23
Aetna MCR $4.44
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $5.63
United AllPayerAppendix $5.63
United SmallGroup $5.63
BCBS EPOSOA $5.83
BCBS HMO $5.83
BCBS PPO $5.83
BCBS BAV $7.28
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $8.70
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $8.70
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $8.70
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $8.70
Amerigroup MGMCD $9.37
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $9.37
Cigna CSN $9.41
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $10.19
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $11.11
United OptionsPPO $11.25
Superior HMO $11.71
Superior EPO $11.71
Cigna PPO $12.14
Superior ValueHMO $13.25
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $15.86
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $15.86
Molina Healthcare HIX $18.07
CHC Harris Health Indigent $20.08
BCBS Traditional $23.43
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $28.78
United GlobalAppendix $30.12
Coventry National First Health COMM $35.68
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $36.82
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $36.82
Independent Medical System COMM $40.16
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $40.16
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $40.16
Coastal Comp COMM $43.51
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $50.20
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $53.55
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $54.89
Physicians, INC COMM $56.90
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $56.90
USA Managed Care COMM $56.90
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $56.90
Affiliated PPO COMM $60.25
Humana PPO $122.72
Humana HMO $122.72

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Desmopressin 4 mcg/ml injection solution at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $150.62 $8.08 – $24.05
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $820.41 $1.94 – $62.77
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $229.25 $4.62 – $178.38
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $820.41 $2.35 – $62.77
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $820.41 $2.35 – $62.77
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $820.41 $2.35 – $62.77
St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital Lake Jackson $64.68 $2.55 – $120.12
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $1,054.00 $3.41 – $122.72

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