Methylprednisolone sodium succinate 1,000 mg 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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Gross charge

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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.

$0.25 with TriWest Health Alliance vs $9.49 with Coventry National First Health — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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 $0.25
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $0.25
United AllPayerAppendix $0.43
United SmallGroup $0.43
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $0.43
BCBS MyBlueHealth $0.60
Cigna CSN $0.63
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $0.68
Cigna PPO $0.81
BCBS HMO $0.83
BCBS PPO $0.83
BCBS EPOSOA $0.83
BCBS BAV $1.03
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $1.07
Superior Health Plan CHIP $1.07
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $1.07
Superior Health Plan STARKids $1.07
Superior Health Plan STAR $1.07
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $2.31
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $2.31
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $2.31
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $2.31
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $2.95
United OptionsPPO $2.99
Superior HMO $3.12
Superior EPO $3.12
Superior ValueHMO $3.52
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $4.22
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $4.22
Molina Healthcare HIX $4.81
Humana HMO $5.68
Humana PPO $5.68
BCBS Traditional $6.23
United GlobalAppendix $8.01
Coventry National First Health COMM $9.49

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Methylprednisolone sodium succinate 1,000 mg intravenous solution at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $96.23 $13.38 – $60.80
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $224.40 $0.27 – $20.81
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $224.40 $0.27 – $22.03
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $442.13 $0.91 – $0.91
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $71.30 $5.67 – $9.45
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $96.23 $13.38 – $60.80
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $145.39 $5.46 – $35.06
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $96.23 $13.38 – $60.80

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