Cilastatin sodium injection 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

$175.11

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.

$175.11

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.

$6.76 with BCBS vs $93.33 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
BCBS MyBlueHealth $6.76 ↓ -96%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $7.34 ↓ -96%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $7.34 ↓ -96%
BCBS HMO $9.32 ↓ -95%
BCBS PPO $9.32 ↓ -95%
BCBS EPOSOA $9.32 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $10.51 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $10.51 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $10.51 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $10.51 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $10.51 ↓ -94%
BCBS BAV $11.63 ↓ -93%
United SmallGroup $11.72 ↓ -93%
United AllPayerAppendix $11.72 ↓ -93%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $11.72 ↓ -93%
Cigna CSN $16.87 ↓ -90%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $18.26 ↓ -90%
Cigna PPO $21.75 ↓ -88%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $22.76 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $22.76 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $22.76 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $22.76 ↓ -87%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $29.07 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $29.42 ↓ -83%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $41.50 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $41.50 ↓ -76%
Molina Healthcare HIX $47.28 ↓ -73%
Humana HMO $58.25 ↓ -67%
Humana PPO $58.25 ↓ -67%
BCBS Traditional $61.29 ↓ -65%
United GlobalAppendix $78.80 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $93.33 ↓ -47%

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Cilastatin sodium injection at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $63.15 $3.76 – $77.48
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $53.92 $6.76 – $58.25
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $63.15 $3.11 – $77.48
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $63.15 $3.76 – $77.48
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA $824.63 $6.76 – $58.25
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $63.15 $3.76 – $77.48
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $63.15 $3.76 – $77.48
Covenant Medical Center Lubbock $202.18 $12.90 – $30.78

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