Clonidine (pf) 1,000 mcg/10 ml (100 mcg/ml) epidural solution at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE
225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035
$567.00
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.
$567.00
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$16.20 with Christus (USFHP) vs $510.30 with Affiliated PPO — 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 |
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| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $16.20 | ↓ -97% |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $16.20 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $26.56 | ↓ -95% |
| United | SmallGroup | $28.43 | ↓ -95% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $28.43 | ↓ -95% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $28.43 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS | BAV | $29.27 | ↓ -95% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $34.02 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $34.02 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $34.02 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $34.02 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $34.02 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS | HMO | $36.59 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $36.59 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS | PPO | $36.59 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | MCR | $37.59 | ↓ -93% |
| Cigna | CSN | $42.76 | ↓ -92% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $46.30 | ↓ -92% |
| Cigna | PPO | $55.13 | ↓ -90% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $73.71 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $73.71 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $73.71 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $73.71 | ↓ -87% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $79.38 | ↓ -86% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $79.38 | ↓ -86% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $94.12 | ↓ -83% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $99.79 | ↓ -82% |
| Humana | HMO | $130.91 | ↓ -77% |
| Humana | PPO | $130.91 | ↓ -77% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $134.38 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $134.38 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $136.08 | ↓ -76% |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $153.09 | ↓ -73% |
| CHC Harris Health | Indigent | $170.10 | ↓ -70% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $198.45 | ↓ -65% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $243.81 | ↓ -57% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $255.15 | ↓ -55% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $302.21 | ↓ -47% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $311.85 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $311.85 | ↓ -45% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $340.20 | ↓ -40% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $340.20 | ↓ -40% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $340.20 | ↓ -40% |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $340.20 | ↓ -40% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $368.55 | ↓ -35% |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $453.60 | ↓ -20% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | Veterans | $453.60 | ↓ -20% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $464.94 | ↓ -18% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $481.95 | ↓ -15% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $481.95 | ↓ -15% |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $510.30 | ↓ -10% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $510.30 | ↓ -10% |
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Clonidine (pf) 1,000 mcg/10 ml (100 mcg/ml) epidural solution at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $36.14 | $52.17 – $52.17 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | $195.36 | $16.20 – $130.91 |
| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | $126.50 | $50.68 – $73.23 |
| HCA HOUSTON CONROE | CONROE | $131.63 | $17.23 – $130.91 |
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $29.36 | $12.20 – $62.73 |
| St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital | Madisonville | $28.53 | $16.74 – $146.70 |
| St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin | Lufkin | $15.27 | $14.81 – $35.06 |
| St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital | Spring | $29.36 | $13.81 – $62.73 |