Capecitabine, oral, 50 mg 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

$7.56

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$7.56

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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$0.07 with United vs $6.80 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

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 $0.07 ↓ -99%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $0.07 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $0.07 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $0.07 ↓ -99%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $0.07 ↓ -99%
Cigna CSN $0.12 ↓ -98%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $0.13 ↓ -98%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $0.14 ↓ -98%
BCBS BAV $0.15 ↓ -98%
Cigna PPO $0.16 ↓ -98%
BCBS PPO $0.19 ↓ -97%
BCBS EPOSOA $0.19 ↓ -97%
BCBS HMO $0.19 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $0.45 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $0.45 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $0.45 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $0.45 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $0.45 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $0.98 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $0.98 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $0.98 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $0.98 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $1.06 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MGMCD $1.06 ↓ -86%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $1.25 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $1.33 ↓ -82%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $1.79 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $1.79 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $1.81 ↓ -76%
IPA Management Services COMM $1.89 ↓ -75%
Humana HMO $2.41 ↓ -68%
Humana PPO $2.41 ↓ -68%
BCBS Traditional $2.65 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $3.25 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $3.40 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $4.03 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $4.16 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $4.16 ↓ -45%
Beech Street WCOMP $4.54 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $4.54 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $4.54 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $4.54 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $4.91 ↓ -35%
Beech Street COMMPPO $6.05 ↓ -20%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $6.05 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $6.20 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $6.43 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $6.43 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $6.80 ↓ -10%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $6.80 ↓ -10%

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Capecitabine, oral, 50 mg at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $14.53 $0.27 – $1.22
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $14.53 $0.27 – $1.22
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $14.53 $0.27 – $1.22
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA $345.46 $0.07 – $0.14
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $14.53 $0.27 – $1.22
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $14.53 $0.27 – $1.22
Covenant Medical Center Lubbock $6.94 $0.03 – $0.19
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas not published $0.27 – $0.27

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