Dopamine 40 mg/ml intravenous solution (wrapper) 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.

$0.49 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $11.13 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
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $0.49
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $0.49
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $0.49
BCBS MyBlueHealth $0.49
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $0.49
United MGMCD $0.61
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $0.65
BCBS HMO $0.68
BCBS EPOSOA $0.68
BCBS PPO $0.68
Superior Health Plan STARKids $0.74
Superior Health Plan CHIP $0.74
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $0.74
Superior Health Plan STAR $0.74
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $0.74
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $0.80
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $0.80
Aetna MCR $0.82
BCBS BAV $0.84
United SmallGroup $1.32
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1.32
United AllPayerAppendix $1.32
Cigna CSN $1.60
Amerigroup MGMCD $1.73
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $1.73
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $1.73
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $2.05
Cigna PPO $2.06
United OptionsPPO $2.08
Superior HMO $2.16
Superior EPO $2.16
Superior ValueHMO $2.45
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $2.93
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $2.93
Molina Healthcare HIX $3.34
CHC Harris Health Indigent $3.71
BCBS Traditional $4.33
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $5.32
Humana HMO $5.45
Humana PPO $5.45
United GlobalAppendix $5.57
Coventry National First Health COMM $6.59
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $6.80
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $6.80
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $7.42
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $7.42
Independent Medical System COMM $7.42
Coastal Comp COMM $8.04
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $9.28
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $9.90
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $10.14
Physicians, INC COMM $10.51
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $10.51
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $10.51
USA Managed Care COMM $10.51
Affiliated PPO COMM $11.13

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Dopamine 40 mg/ml intravenous solution (wrapper) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $173.84 $0.96 – $4,826.69
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $129.87 $0.94 – $2.93
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $49.33 $0.23 – $60.15
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $53.07 $0.54 – $35.06
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $49.33 $0.27 – $60.15
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $49.33 $0.27 – $60.15
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $49.33 $0.27 – $60.15
St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital Lake Jackson $40.90 $0.24 – $75.95

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