Ropivacaine 0.2 % epidural pca - 1 hour dose limit at HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST
6002 FAIRMONT PKWY, PASADENA, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1174576698
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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.
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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.
$0.06 with Christus (USFHP) vs $275.56 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 |
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| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $0.06 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $0.06 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $0.06 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $0.08 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $0.08 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $0.08 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $0.08 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $0.08 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $0.08 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $0.15 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $0.16 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $0.19 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $0.97 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $0.97 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $18.37 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $18.37 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $18.37 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $18.37 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $18.37 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $39.80 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $39.80 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $39.80 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $39.80 | — |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $42.87 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $42.87 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $53.89 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $61.85 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $72.56 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $72.56 | — |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $73.48 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $82.67 | — |
| CHC Harris Health | Indigent | $91.85 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $107.16 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $131.66 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $137.78 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $163.19 | — |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $168.40 | — |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $168.40 | — |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $183.71 | — |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $183.71 | — |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $183.71 | — |
| Prime Health Services | WORKERSCOMP | $183.71 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $183.71 | — |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $199.02 | — |
| Fiesta Mart, Inc | COMM | $229.63 | — |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $244.94 | — |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $244.94 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $251.07 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $260.25 | — |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $260.25 | — |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $275.56 | — |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $275.56 | — |
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Ropivacaine 0.2 % epidural pca - 1 hour dose limit at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center | Pasadena | $34.55 | $0.03 – $98.70 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $1,510.58 | $0.12 – $0.12 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $912.24 | $0.05 – $3.57 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $912.24 | $0.05 – $3.78 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $912.24 | $0.05 – $3.15 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $912.24 | $0.05 – $3.57 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $912.24 | $0.05 – $3.78 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $912.24 | $0.05 – $3.78 |