Caffeine citrate 20 mg/ml inj for po at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE
225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035
$335.66
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.
$335.66
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.
$2.70 with BCBS vs $302.09 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $2.70 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | BAV | $2.98 | ↓ -99% |
| Cigna | CSN | $2.98 | ↓ -99% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $3.22 | ↓ -99% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $3.35 | ↓ -99% |
| United | SmallGroup | $3.35 | ↓ -99% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $3.35 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $3.73 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | PPO | $3.73 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | HMO | $3.73 | ↓ -99% |
| Cigna | PPO | $3.84 | ↓ -99% |
| Humana | PPO | $14.90 | ↓ -96% |
| Humana | HMO | $14.90 | ↓ -96% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $20.14 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $20.14 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $20.14 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $20.14 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $20.14 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | MCR | $22.25 | ↓ -93% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $43.64 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $43.64 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $43.64 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $43.64 | ↓ -87% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $46.99 | ↓ -86% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $46.99 | ↓ -86% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $55.72 | ↓ -83% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $59.08 | ↓ -82% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $79.55 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $79.55 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $80.56 | ↓ -76% |
| IPA Management Services | COMM | $83.92 | ↓ -75% |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $90.63 | ↓ -73% |
| CHC Harris Health | Indigent | $100.70 | ↓ -70% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $117.48 | ↓ -65% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $134.26 | ↓ -60% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $144.33 | ↓ -57% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $151.05 | ↓ -55% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $178.91 | ↓ -47% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $184.61 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $184.61 | ↓ -45% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $201.40 | ↓ -40% |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $201.40 | ↓ -40% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $201.40 | ↓ -40% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $201.40 | ↓ -40% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $218.18 | ↓ -35% |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $268.53 | ↓ -20% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | Veterans | $268.53 | ↓ -20% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $268.53 | ↓ -20% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $275.24 | ↓ -18% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $285.31 | ↓ -15% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $285.31 | ↓ -15% |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $302.09 | ↓ -10% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $302.09 | ↓ -10% |
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Caffeine citrate 20 mg/ml inj for po at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | $429.49 | $2.70 – $14.90 |
| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | $60.50 | $5.16 – $8.51 |
| HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST | SPRING | $17.86 | $2.70 – $14.90 |
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $35.31 | $1.24 – $5.80 |
| St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital | Madisonville | $3.71 | $0.60 – $4.23 |
| St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin | Lufkin | $36.02 | $1.72 – $56.52 |
| HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND | Pearland | $110.87 | $2.70 – $14.90 |
| St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital | Spring | $35.31 | $1.28 – $5.80 |