Methylprednisolone 4 mg tablet at HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD
5324 ATASCOCITA RD, HUMBLE, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1811942238
$43.23
Cash price 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.
$43.23
Gross charge 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.
$0.14 with TriWest Health Alliance vs $38.91 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $0.14 | ↓ -100% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $0.14 | ↓ -100% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $0.23 | ↓ -99% |
| United | SmallGroup | $0.23 | ↓ -99% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $0.23 | ↓ -99% |
| Cigna | CSN | $0.56 | ↓ -99% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $0.60 | ↓ -99% |
| Cigna | PPO | $0.72 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $0.73 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $1.00 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS | PPO | $1.00 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS | HMO | $1.00 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS | BAV | $1.25 | ↓ -97% |
| Humana | PPO | $2.05 | ↓ -95% |
| Humana | HMO | $2.05 | ↓ -95% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $2.59 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $2.59 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $2.59 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $2.59 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $2.59 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | MCR | $2.87 | ↓ -93% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $5.62 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $5.62 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $5.62 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $5.62 | ↓ -87% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $6.05 | ↓ -86% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $6.05 | ↓ -86% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $7.18 | ↓ -83% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $7.26 | ↓ -83% |
| Superior | EPO | $7.57 | ↓ -82% |
| Superior | HMO | $7.57 | ↓ -82% |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $8.56 | ↓ -80% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $10.25 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $10.25 | ↓ -76% |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $11.67 | ↓ -73% |
| CHC Harris Health | Indigent | $12.97 | ↓ -70% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $15.13 | ↓ -65% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $18.59 | ↓ -57% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $19.45 | ↓ -55% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $23.04 | ↓ -47% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $23.78 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $23.78 | ↓ -45% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $25.94 | ↓ -40% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $25.94 | ↓ -40% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $25.94 | ↓ -40% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $28.10 | ↓ -35% |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $32.42 | ↓ -25% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | Veterans | $34.58 | ↓ -20% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $35.45 | ↓ -18% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $36.75 | ↓ -15% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $36.75 | ↓ -15% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $36.75 | ↓ -15% |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $36.75 | ↓ -15% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $38.91 | ↓ -10% |
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Methylprednisolone 4 mg tablet at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $1.37 | $0.11 – $0.54 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $1.37 | $0.08 – $0.58 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $1.37 | $0.08 – $0.48 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $1.37 | $0.10 – $0.54 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $1.37 | $0.12 – $0.58 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $1.37 | $0.15 – $0.58 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $1.37 | $0.13 – $0.58 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $1.37 | $0.10 – $0.54 |