Azathioprine 50 mg tablet 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

$34.02

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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.

$34.02

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.

$0.10 with United vs $30.62 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.

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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
United AllPayerAppendix $0.10 ↓ -100%
United SmallGroup $0.10 ↓ -100%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $0.10 ↓ -100%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1.01 ↓ -97%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $1.01 ↓ -97%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $1.20 ↓ -96%
BCBS BAV $1.32 ↓ -96%
BCBS PPO $1.65 ↓ -95%
BCBS EPOSOA $1.65 ↓ -95%
BCBS HMO $1.65 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $2.04 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $2.04 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $2.04 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $2.04 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $2.04 ↓ -94%
Aetna MCR $2.26 ↓ -93%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $4.42 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $4.42 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $4.42 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $4.42 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MGMCD $4.76 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $4.76 ↓ -86%
Cigna CSN $5.18 ↓ -85%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $5.61 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $5.65 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $5.99 ↓ -82%
Humana PPO $6.53 ↓ -81%
Humana HMO $6.53 ↓ -81%
Cigna PPO $6.68 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $8.06 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $8.06 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $8.16 ↓ -76%
Molina Healthcare HIX $9.19 ↓ -73%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $10.21 ↓ -70%
BCBS Traditional $11.91 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $14.63 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $15.31 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $18.13 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $18.71 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $18.71 ↓ -45%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $20.41 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $20.41 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $20.41 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $20.41 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $22.11 ↓ -35%
Beech Street COMMPPO $27.22 ↓ -20%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $27.22 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $27.90 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $28.92 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $28.92 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $30.62 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $30.62 ↓ -10%

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Azathioprine 50 mg tablet at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $57.11 $0.10 – $6.53
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $5.99 $2.28 – $17.33
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE $45.42 $0.06 – $6.53
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $54.89 $0.06 – $6.53
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING $54.64 $0.10 – $6.53
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $21.92 $1.31 – $35.06
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA $38.10 $0.10 – $6.53
St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital Lake Jackson $2.76 $1.18 – $5.11

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