Methylene blue (antidote) 5 mg/ml intravenous 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.

$1.58 with Superior Health Plan vs $176.59 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 STARKids $1.58
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $1.58
Superior Health Plan CHIP $1.58
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $1.58
Superior Health Plan STAR $1.58
BCBS MyBlueHealth $2.27
BCBS HMO $3.13
BCBS EPOSOA $3.13
BCBS PPO $3.13
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $3.43
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $3.43
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $3.43
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $3.43
Amerigroup MGMCD $3.70
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $3.70
BCBS BAV $3.91
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $4.38
United OptionsPPO $4.44
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $6.26
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $6.26
Cigna CSN $6.65
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $7.21
Cigna PPO $8.58
BCBS Traditional $9.24
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $10.56
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $11.36
United GlobalAppendix $11.88
Coventry National First Health COMM $14.08
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $14.53
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $14.53
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $15.85
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $15.85
Independent Medical System COMM $15.85
United AllPayerAppendix $16.19
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $16.19
United SmallGroup $16.19
Coastal Comp COMM $17.17
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $19.81
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $21.66
USA Managed Care COMM $22.45
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $22.45
Physicians, INC COMM $22.45
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $22.45
Affiliated PPO COMM $23.77
Humana HMO $176.59
Humana PPO $176.59

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Methylene blue (antidote) 5 mg/ml intravenous solution at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $983.93 $4.47 – $4.47
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,185.54 $9.78 – $80.54
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,185.54 $13.26 – $96.65
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,185.54 $9.78 – $80.54
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $2,185.54 $9.78 – $80.54
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $2,185.54 $9.78 – $96.65
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $2,185.54 $21.97 – $96.65
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $2,185.54 $9.78 – $96.65

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