Formoterol fumarate, inh 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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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.

$1.70 with Christus (USFHP) vs $106.95 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
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1.70
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $1.70
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $1.93
Superior Health Plan CHIP $1.93
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $1.93
Superior Health Plan STAR $1.93
Superior Health Plan STARKids $1.93
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $3.63
United AllPayerAppendix $3.63
United SmallGroup $3.63
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $4.18
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $4.18
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $4.18
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $4.18
Cigna CSN $4.77
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $5.16
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $5.34
United OptionsPPO $5.41
Cigna PPO $6.15
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $7.63
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $7.63
Molina Healthcare HIX $8.69
BCBS Traditional $11.26
United GlobalAppendix $14.48
Coventry National First Health COMM $17.15
BCBS MyBlueHealth $33.34
BCBS EPOSOA $45.93
BCBS HMO $45.93
BCBS PPO $45.93
BCBS BAV $57.32
Humana PPO $106.95
Humana HMO $106.95

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Formoterol fumarate, inh at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $72.86 $65.49 – $65.49
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $18.14 $1.70 – $106.95
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $14.09 $1.70 – $106.95
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE $158.98 $2.20 – $106.95
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $22.26 $2.20 – $106.95
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland $104.49 $1.70 – $106.95
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA $107.78 $1.70 – $106.95
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $33.00 $2.20 – $106.95

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