Methylprednisolone acetate 40 mg/ml suspension for 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

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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.

$0.11 with TriWest Health Alliance vs $176.22 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 $0.11
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $0.11
United AllPayerAppendix $0.20
United SmallGroup $0.20
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $0.20
Cigna CSN $0.29
BCBS MyBlueHealth $0.30
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $0.31
Cigna PPO $0.37
BCBS HMO $0.41
BCBS PPO $0.41
BCBS EPOSOA $0.41
BCBS BAV $0.52
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $19.84
Superior Health Plan CHIP $19.84
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $19.84
Superior Health Plan STARKids $19.84
Superior Health Plan STAR $19.84
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $42.98
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $42.98
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $42.98
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $42.98
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $54.88
United OptionsPPO $55.54
Superior HMO $57.86
Superior EPO $57.86
Superior ValueHMO $65.46
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $78.36
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $78.36
Molina Healthcare HIX $89.27
Humana HMO $105.50
Humana PPO $105.50
BCBS Traditional $115.72
United GlobalAppendix $148.78
Coventry National First Health COMM $176.22

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Methylprednisolone acetate 40 mg/ml suspension for injection at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $34.47 $12.83 – $58.30
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $101.45 $0.58 – $0.58
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $177.44 $0.12 – $44.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $177.44 $0.12 – $46.98
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $177.44 $0.12 – $39.15
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $177.44 $0.12 – $44.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $177.44 $0.12 – $46.98
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $177.44 $0.12 – $46.98

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