Chlorothiazide sodium 500 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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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.

$2.45 with Superior Health Plan vs $659.11 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 STAR $2.45
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $2.45
Superior Health Plan CHIP $2.45
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $2.45
Superior Health Plan STARKids $2.45
Aetna MCR $2.71
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $5.31
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $5.31
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $5.31
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $5.31
Amerigroup MGMCD $5.71
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $5.71
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $6.78
United OptionsPPO $7.18
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $9.67
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $9.67
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $9.80
IPA Management Services COMM $10.21
Molina Healthcare HIX $11.02
CHC Harris Health Indigent $12.25
BCBS Traditional $14.29
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $17.55
United GlobalAppendix $18.37
Coventry National First Health COMM $21.76
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $22.45
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $22.45
Independent Medical System COMM $24.49
Beech Street WCOMP $24.49
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $24.49
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $24.49
Coastal Comp COMM $26.53
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $32.48
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $32.48
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $32.66
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $32.66
Beech Street COMMPPO $32.66
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $33.47
Physicians, INC COMM $34.70
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $34.70
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $36.74
Affiliated PPO COMM $36.74
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $95.91
United SmallGroup $95.91
United AllPayerAppendix $95.91
Cigna CSN $97.72
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $105.80
Cigna PPO $125.99
BCBS MyBlueHealth $281.67
BCBS BAV $310.41
BCBS HMO $388.02
BCBS EPOSOA $388.02
BCBS PPO $388.02
Humana PPO $659.11
Humana HMO $659.11

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Chlorothiazide sodium 500 mg intravenous solution at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $117.87 $553.28 – $553.28
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $479.82 $141.34 – $573.79
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $721.69 $12.40 – $56.36
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $1,085.20 $45.09 – $1,013.89
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $721.69 $12.40 – $56.36
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $721.69 $12.40 – $56.36
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $721.69 $12.40 – $56.36
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $721.69 $12.40 – $56.36

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