Acetylcysteine 200 mg/ml (20 %) intravenous solution at HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST

621 RAYFORD RD, SPRING, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1740450121

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

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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.

$0.45 with TriWest Health Alliance vs $17.92 with Coventry National First Health — 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 $0.45
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $0.45
United SmallGroup $0.61
United AllPayerAppendix $0.61
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $0.61
Cigna CSN $0.90
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $0.97
Cigna PPO $1.15
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $2.02
Superior Health Plan STARKids $2.02
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $2.02
Superior Health Plan CHIP $2.02
Superior Health Plan STAR $2.02
BCBS MyBlueHealth $4.25
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $4.37
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $4.37
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $4.37
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $4.37
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $5.58
United OptionsPPO $5.65
BCBS HMO $5.86
BCBS EPOSOA $5.86
BCBS PPO $5.86
BCBS BAV $7.31
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $7.97
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $7.97
Molina Healthcare HIX $9.08
Humana HMO $10.42
Humana PPO $10.42
BCBS Traditional $11.77
United GlobalAppendix $15.13
Coventry National First Health COMM $17.92

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Acetylcysteine 200 mg/ml (20 %) intravenous solution at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $298.05 $0.79 – $135.26
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $110.18 $8.35 – $8.35
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE $1,170.28 $0.37 – $10.42
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $298.05 $0.96 – $135.26
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $1,012.20 $0.64 – $76.36
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland $1,306.71 $0.45 – $10.42
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $298.05 $0.79 – $135.26
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA $195.96 $0.45 – $10.42

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