Calcium gluconate 2 gram/100 ml in sodium chloride,iso-osm IV solution 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

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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.

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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.

$0.03 with Superior Health Plan vs $0.50 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
Superior Health Plan CHIP $0.03
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $0.03
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $0.03
Superior Health Plan STARKids $0.03
Superior Health Plan STAR $0.03
Aetna MCR $0.04
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $0.07
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $0.07
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $0.07
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $0.07
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $0.08
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $0.08
Amerigroup MGMCD $0.08
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $0.08
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $0.09
United OptionsPPO $0.10
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $0.13
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $0.13
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $0.13
IPA Management Services COMM $0.14
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $0.15
United AllPayerAppendix $0.15
United SmallGroup $0.15
Molina Healthcare HIX $0.15
CHC Harris Health Indigent $0.17
Humana HMO $0.18
BCBS MyBlueHealth $0.18
Humana PPO $0.18
Cigna CSN $0.19
BCBS Traditional $0.19
BCBS BAV $0.19
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $0.21
BCBS HMO $0.24
BCBS PPO $0.24
BCBS EPOSOA $0.24
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $0.24
Cigna PPO $0.25
United GlobalAppendix $0.25
Coventry National First Health COMM $0.29
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $0.30
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $0.30
Independent Medical System COMM $0.33
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $0.33
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $0.33
Beech Street WCOMP $0.33
Coastal Comp COMM $0.36
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $0.44
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $0.44
Beech Street COMMPPO $0.44
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $0.45
Physicians, INC COMM $0.47
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $0.47
Affiliated PPO COMM $0.50
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $0.50

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Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $173.47 $0.35 – $0.35
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