Protamine 10 mg/ml 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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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.

$1.40 with TriWest Health Alliance vs $170.25 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 $1.40
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1.40
BCBS MyBlueHealth $2.35
United SmallGroup $2.59
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $2.59
United AllPayerAppendix $2.59
BCBS PPO $3.24
BCBS EPOSOA $3.24
BCBS HMO $3.24
Cigna CSN $3.97
BCBS BAV $4.04
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $4.30
Cigna PPO $5.12
Humana PPO $10.13
Humana HMO $10.13
Superior Health Plan STARKids $19.16
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $19.16
Superior Health Plan CHIP $19.16
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $19.16
Superior Health Plan STAR $19.16
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $41.52
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $41.52
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $41.52
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $41.52
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $53.02
United OptionsPPO $53.66
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $75.70
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $75.70
Molina Healthcare HIX $86.24
BCBS Traditional $111.79
United GlobalAppendix $143.73
Coventry National First Health COMM $170.25

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Protamine 10 mg/ml intravenous solution at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $63.26 $1.31 – $59.48
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $67.92 $4.62 – $4.62
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $159.63 $1.84 – $102.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $159.63 $1.84 – $108.79
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $159.63 $1.84 – $90.66
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $159.63 $1.84 – $102.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $159.63 $1.84 – $108.79
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $159.63 $1.84 – $108.79

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