Ceftaroline fosamil 600 mg intravenous 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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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.

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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.

$0.56 with Superior Health Plan vs $28.15 with Humana — 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 STARPLUS $0.56
Superior Health Plan CHIP $0.56
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $0.56
Superior Health Plan STAR $0.56
Superior Health Plan STARKids $0.56
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $1.22
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $1.22
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $1.22
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $1.22
Amerigroup MGMCD $1.31
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $1.31
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $1.56
United OptionsPPO $1.65
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $2.23
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $2.23
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $2.25
IPA Management Services COMM $2.35
BCBS Traditional $3.29
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $3.99
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $3.99
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $4.04
United GlobalAppendix $4.23
Coventry National First Health COMM $5.00
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $5.16
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $5.16
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $5.63
Beech Street WCOMP $5.63
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $5.63
Independent Medical System COMM $5.63
Coastal Comp COMM $6.10
BCBS MyBlueHealth $6.29
BCBS BAV $6.93
United AllPayerAppendix $7.00
United SmallGroup $7.00
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $7.00
Beech Street COMMPPO $7.51
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $7.51
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $7.70
Physicians, INC COMM $7.98
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $7.98
Affiliated PPO COMM $8.45
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $8.45
BCBS PPO $8.67
BCBS HMO $8.67
BCBS EPOSOA $8.67
Cigna CSN $10.26
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $11.11
Cigna PPO $13.23
Humana HMO $28.15
Humana PPO $28.15

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Ceftaroline fosamil 600 mg intravenous solution at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $1,547.27 $12.01 – $14.85
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $283.59 $2.89 – $810.25
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $31.42 $3.95 – $135.26
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $850.95 $4.45 – $35.06
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland $932.42 $3.99 – $28.15
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $283.59 $3.50 – $810.25
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $283.59 $3.50 – $810.25
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $31.42 $3.95 – $127.74

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