Amiodarone 150 mg/100 ml (1.5 mg/ml) in dextrose, iso-osmotic IV 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

$112.49

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$112.49

Gross charge

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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.

$2.59 with TriWest Health Alliance vs $101.24 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
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $2.59 ↓ -98%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $2.59 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $4.17 ↓ -96%
United SmallGroup $4.17 ↓ -96%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $4.17 ↓ -96%
Cigna CSN $6.32 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $6.75 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $6.75 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $6.75 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $6.75 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $6.75 ↓ -94%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $6.84 ↓ -94%
Aetna MCR $7.46 ↓ -93%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $7.51 ↓ -93%
Cigna PPO $8.14 ↓ -93%
BCBS BAV $8.27 ↓ -93%
BCBS HMO $10.34 ↓ -91%
BCBS EPOSOA $10.34 ↓ -91%
BCBS PPO $10.34 ↓ -91%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $14.62 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $14.62 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $14.62 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $14.62 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $15.75 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MGMCD $15.75 ↓ -86%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $18.67 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $19.80 ↓ -82%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $26.66 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $26.66 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $27.00 ↓ -76%
IPA Management Services COMM $28.12 ↓ -75%
Molina Healthcare HIX $30.37 ↓ -73%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $33.75 ↓ -70%
Humana HMO $35.90 ↓ -68%
Humana PPO $35.90 ↓ -68%
BCBS Traditional $39.37 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $48.37 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $50.62 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $59.96 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $61.87 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $61.87 ↓ -45%
Independent Medical System COMM $67.49 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $67.49 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $67.49 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $67.49 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $73.12 ↓ -35%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $89.99 ↓ -20%
Beech Street COMMPPO $89.99 ↓ -20%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $89.99 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $92.24 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $95.62 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $95.62 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $101.24 ↓ -10%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $101.24 ↓ -10%

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Amiodarone 150 mg/100 ml (1.5 mg/ml) in dextrose, iso-osmotic IV at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $603.78 $14.75 – $14.75
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $291.49 $2.53 – $7.51
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $81.31 $41.38 – $188.09
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $151.08 $100.00 – $681.59
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $81.31 $41.38 – $188.09
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $81.31 $41.38 – $188.09
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $81.31 $41.38 – $188.09
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $81.31 $41.38 – $188.09

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