Triamcinolone acetonide 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.

$0.87 with Christus (USFHP) vs $38.83 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
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $0.87
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $0.87
United AllPayerAppendix $1.22
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1.22
United SmallGroup $1.22
Cigna CSN $2.08
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $2.25
BCBS MyBlueHealth $2.49
Cigna PPO $2.68
BCBS PPO $3.43
BCBS EPOSOA $3.43
BCBS HMO $3.43
BCBS BAV $4.28
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $4.37
Superior Health Plan STARKids $4.37
Superior Health Plan STAR $4.37
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $4.37
Superior Health Plan CHIP $4.37
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $9.47
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $9.47
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $9.47
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $9.47
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $12.09
United OptionsPPO $12.24
Humana HMO $16.95
Humana PPO $16.95
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $17.27
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $17.27
Molina Healthcare HIX $19.67
BCBS Traditional $25.50
United GlobalAppendix $32.78
Coventry National First Health COMM $38.83

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Triamcinolone acetonide 40 mg/ml suspension for injection at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $36.78 $1.29 – $62.40
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $159.84 $4.89 – $4.89
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $171.04 $0.62 – $3.09
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $171.04 $0.45 – $3.27
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $171.04 $0.44 – $2.72
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $171.04 $0.58 – $3.09
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $171.04 $0.70 – $3.27
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $171.04 $0.98 – $3.27

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