Ertapenem 1000 mg/10 ml IV (dilution #1) desensitization - cnr at HCA HOUSTON CONROE
504 MEDICAL CENTER BOULEVARD, CONROE, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1962455816
$948.51
Cash price 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.
$948.51
Gross charge 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.
$9.16 with Christus (USFHP) vs $853.66 with Affiliated PPO — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $9.16 | ↓ -99% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $15.11 | ↓ -98% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $15.11 | ↓ -98% |
| United | SmallGroup | $15.11 | ↓ -98% |
| Cigna | CSN | $21.83 | ↓ -98% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $23.63 | ↓ -98% |
| Cigna | PPO | $28.14 | ↓ -97% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $56.91 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $56.91 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $56.91 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $56.91 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $56.91 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | MCR | $62.89 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $66.09 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS | BAV | $72.84 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS | PPO | $91.04 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS | HMO | $91.04 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $91.04 | ↓ -90% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $123.31 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $123.31 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $123.31 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $123.31 | ↓ -87% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $132.79 | ↓ -86% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $132.79 | ↓ -86% |
| Superior | EPO | $165.99 | ↓ -82% |
| Superior | HMO | $165.99 | ↓ -82% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $166.94 | ↓ -82% |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $187.80 | ↓ -80% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $193.50 | ↓ -80% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $224.80 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $224.80 | ↓ -76% |
| TX Workforce Commission | GVT | $227.64 | ↓ -76% |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $256.10 | ↓ -73% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $331.98 | ↓ -65% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $407.86 | ↓ -57% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $426.83 | ↓ -55% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $505.56 | ↓ -47% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $521.68 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $521.68 | ↓ -45% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $569.11 | ↓ -40% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $569.11 | ↓ -40% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $569.11 | ↓ -40% |
| Humana | HMO | $608.26 | ↓ -36% |
| Humana | PPO | $608.26 | ↓ -36% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $616.53 | ↓ -35% |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $711.38 | ↓ -25% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $777.78 | ↓ -18% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $806.23 | ↓ -15% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $806.23 | ↓ -15% |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $806.23 | ↓ -15% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $853.66 | ↓ -10% |
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Ertapenem 1000 mg/10 ml IV (dilution #1) desensitization - cnr at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $268.61 | $129.82 – $129.82 |
| HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE | FRIENDSWOOD | $826.69 | $9.18 – $608.26 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | $2,170.07 | $9.18 – $608.26 |
| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | $951.07 | $31.57 – $134.63 |
| HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD | HUMBLE | $2,104.69 | $9.16 – $608.26 |
| HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST | SPRING | $2,091.60 | $9.18 – $608.26 |
| St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center | Pasadena | $207.27 | $15.72 – $592.20 |
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $192.58 | $19.27 – $135.53 |