Alprostadil for injection at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE
225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035
$774.52
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.
$774.52
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.
$0.37 with BCBS vs $697.07 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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| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $0.37 | ↓ -100% |
| BCBS | BAV | $0.41 | ↓ -100% |
| BCBS | HMO | $0.51 | ↓ -100% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $0.51 | ↓ -100% |
| BCBS | PPO | $0.51 | ↓ -100% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $0.79 | ↓ -100% |
| United | SmallGroup | $0.79 | ↓ -100% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $0.79 | ↓ -100% |
| Cigna | CSN | $25.36 | ↓ -97% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $27.46 | ↓ -96% |
| Cigna | PPO | $32.70 | ↓ -96% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $46.47 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $46.47 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $46.47 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $46.47 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $46.47 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | MCR | $51.35 | ↓ -93% |
| Humana | HMO | $82.11 | ↓ -89% |
| Humana | PPO | $82.11 | ↓ -89% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $100.69 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $100.69 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $100.69 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $100.69 | ↓ -87% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $108.43 | ↓ -86% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $108.43 | ↓ -86% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $128.57 | ↓ -83% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $136.32 | ↓ -82% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $183.56 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $183.56 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $185.88 | ↓ -76% |
| IPA Management Services | COMM | $193.63 | ↓ -75% |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $209.12 | ↓ -73% |
| CHC Harris Health | Indigent | $232.36 | ↓ -70% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $271.08 | ↓ -65% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $309.81 | ↓ -60% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $333.04 | ↓ -57% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $348.53 | ↓ -55% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $412.82 | ↓ -47% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $425.99 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $425.99 | ↓ -45% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $464.71 | ↓ -40% |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $464.71 | ↓ -40% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $464.71 | ↓ -40% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $464.71 | ↓ -40% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $503.44 | ↓ -35% |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $619.62 | ↓ -20% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | Veterans | $619.62 | ↓ -20% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $619.62 | ↓ -20% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $635.11 | ↓ -18% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $658.34 | ↓ -15% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $658.34 | ↓ -15% |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $697.07 | ↓ -10% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $697.07 | ↓ -10% |
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Alprostadil for injection at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | $1,988.03 | $0.37 – $82.11 |
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $207.04 | $0.17 – $591.52 |
| St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin | Lufkin | $533.06 | $0.41 – $35.06 |
| St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital | Spring | $207.04 | $0.21 – $591.52 |
| St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital | Sugar Land | $207.04 | $0.21 – $591.52 |
| HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST | PASADENA | $1,332.20 | $0.37 – $82.11 |
| St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital | The Woodlands | $207.04 | $0.21 – $591.52 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $207.04 | $0.21 – $591.52 |