Chloramphenicol sodium injec at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE
225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035
$416.18
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.
$416.18
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.
$24.97 with Superior Health Plan vs $384.34 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $24.97 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $24.97 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $24.97 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $24.97 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $24.97 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | MCR | $27.59 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $52.72 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $54.10 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $54.10 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $54.10 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $54.10 | ↓ -87% |
| BCBS | BAV | $58.10 | ↓ -86% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $58.27 | ↓ -86% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $58.27 | ↓ -86% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $69.09 | ↓ -83% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $72.63 | ↓ -83% |
| BCBS | PPO | $72.63 | ↓ -83% |
| BCBS | HMO | $72.63 | ↓ -83% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $73.25 | ↓ -82% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $82.93 | ↓ -80% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $82.93 | ↓ -80% |
| United | SmallGroup | $82.93 | ↓ -80% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $98.63 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $98.63 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $99.88 | ↓ -76% |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $112.37 | ↓ -73% |
| Cigna | CSN | $120.08 | ↓ -71% |
| CHC Harris Health | Indigent | $124.85 | ↓ -70% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $130.00 | ↓ -69% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $145.66 | ↓ -65% |
| Cigna | PPO | $154.81 | ↓ -63% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $166.47 | ↓ -60% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $178.96 | ↓ -57% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $187.28 | ↓ -55% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $221.82 | ↓ -47% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $228.90 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $228.90 | ↓ -45% |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $249.71 | ↓ -40% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $249.71 | ↓ -40% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $249.71 | ↓ -40% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $249.71 | ↓ -40% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $270.52 | ↓ -35% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | Veterans | $332.94 | ↓ -20% |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $332.94 | ↓ -20% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $341.27 | ↓ -18% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $353.75 | ↓ -15% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $353.75 | ↓ -15% |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $374.56 | ↓ -10% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $374.56 | ↓ -10% |
| Humana | PPO | $384.34 | ↓ -8% |
| Humana | HMO | $384.34 | ↓ -8% |
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Chloramphenicol sodium injec at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | $252.24 | $52.72 – $384.34 |
| Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin (Ascension Seton) | Austin | $13.68 | $31.74 – $31.74 |
| Ascension Seton Northwest (Ascension Seton) | Austin | $13.68 | $31.74 – $31.74 |
| Ascension Seton Smithville (Ascension Seton) | Smithville | $13.68 | $31.74 – $31.74 |
| Dell Children's Medical Center (Ascension Seton) | Austin | $26.60 | $31.74 – $31.74 |
| Dell Seton Medical Center at The University of Texas (Ascension Seton) | Austin | $13.68 | $31.74 – $31.74 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | not published | $103.57 – $103.57 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $52.72 – $384.34 |