Albuterol ipratrop non-comp at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE

225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$96.39

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.

$96.39

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.

$0.19 with Christus (USFHP) vs $86.75 with Multiplan — 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 $0.19 ↓ -100%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $0.19 ↓ -100%
United SmallGroup $0.33 ↓ -100%
United AllPayerAppendix $0.33 ↓ -100%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $0.33 ↓ -100%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $0.47 ↓ -100%
Cigna CSN $0.48 ↓ -100%
BCBS BAV $0.52 ↓ -99%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $0.52 ↓ -99%
Cigna PPO $0.62 ↓ -99%
BCBS HMO $0.65 ↓ -99%
BCBS EPOSOA $0.65 ↓ -99%
BCBS PPO $0.65 ↓ -99%
Humana PPO $1.27 ↓ -99%
Humana HMO $1.27 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $5.78 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $5.78 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $5.78 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $5.78 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $5.78 ↓ -94%
Aetna MCR $6.39 ↓ -93%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $12.53 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $12.53 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $12.53 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $12.53 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MGMCD $13.49 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $13.49 ↓ -86%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $16.00 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $16.96 ↓ -82%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $22.84 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $22.84 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $23.13 ↓ -76%
IPA Management Services COMM $24.10 ↓ -75%
Molina Healthcare HIX $26.03 ↓ -73%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $28.92 ↓ -70%
BCBS Traditional $33.74 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $41.45 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $43.38 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $51.38 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $53.01 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $53.01 ↓ -45%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $57.83 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $57.83 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $57.83 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $57.83 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $62.65 ↓ -35%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $77.11 ↓ -20%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $77.11 ↓ -20%
Beech Street COMMPPO $77.11 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $79.04 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $81.93 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $81.93 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $86.75 ↓ -10%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $86.75 ↓ -10%

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Albuterol ipratrop non-comp at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $24.95 $0.92 – $0.92
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $69.24 $0.19 – $1.27
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE $63.78 $0.20 – $1.27
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $65.35 $0.20 – $1.27
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING $67.97 $0.19 – $1.27
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $7.35 $0.04 – $0.28
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland $103.16 $0.19 – $1.27
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $7.35 $0.16 – $0.28

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