Bivalirudin 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

$7,681.72

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.

$7,681.72

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.

$0.15 with Christus (USFHP) vs $6,913.55 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 $0.15 ↓ -100%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $0.15 ↓ -100%
United SmallGroup $0.26 ↓ -100%
United AllPayerAppendix $0.26 ↓ -100%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $0.26 ↓ -100%
Cigna CSN $0.41 ↓ -100%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $0.45 ↓ -100%
Cigna PPO $0.53 ↓ -100%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $2.70 ↓ -100%
BCBS BAV $2.98 ↓ -100%
BCBS PPO $3.73 ↓ -100%
BCBS HMO $3.73 ↓ -100%
BCBS EPOSOA $3.73 ↓ -100%
Humana PPO $9.45 ↓ -100%
Humana HMO $9.45 ↓ -100%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $460.90 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $460.90 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $460.90 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $460.90 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $460.90 ↓ -94%
Aetna MCR $509.30 ↓ -93%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $998.62 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $998.62 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $998.62 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $998.62 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MGMCD $1,075.44 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $1,075.44 ↓ -86%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $1,275.17 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $1,351.98 ↓ -82%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $1,820.57 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $1,820.57 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $1,843.61 ↓ -76%
IPA Management Services COMM $1,920.43 ↓ -75%
Molina Healthcare HIX $2,074.06 ↓ -73%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $2,304.52 ↓ -70%
BCBS Traditional $2,688.60 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $3,303.14 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $3,456.77 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $4,094.36 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $4,224.95 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $4,224.95 ↓ -45%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $4,609.03 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $4,609.03 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $4,609.03 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $4,609.03 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $4,993.12 ↓ -35%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $6,145.38 ↓ -20%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $6,145.38 ↓ -20%
Beech Street COMMPPO $6,145.38 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $6,299.01 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $6,529.46 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $6,529.46 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $6,913.55 ↓ -10%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $6,913.55 ↓ -10%

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Bivalirudin at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $863.63 $0.23 – $1,850.63
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $2,412.12 $0.28 – $581.76
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $3,323.61 $0.19 – $2,290.47
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $2,412.12 $0.23 – $581.76
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $2,412.12 $0.23 – $581.76
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $2,412.12 $0.23 – $581.76
St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital Lake Jackson $1,038.91 $0.20 – $1,929.39
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $7,831.00 $0.16 – $9.45

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