Colistimethate sodium inj at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE
225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035
$209.79
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.
$209.79
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.
$11.94 with TriWest Health Alliance vs $188.81 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.
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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| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $11.94 | ↓ -94% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $11.94 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $12.59 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $12.59 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $12.59 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $12.59 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $12.59 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | MCR | $13.91 | ↓ -93% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $19.93 | ↓ -91% |
| United | SmallGroup | $19.93 | ↓ -91% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $19.93 | ↓ -91% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $27.27 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $27.27 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $27.27 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $27.27 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | CSN | $27.56 | ↓ -87% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $29.37 | ↓ -86% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $29.37 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $29.84 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $31.61 | ↓ -85% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $34.83 | ↓ -83% |
| BCBS | BAV | $34.84 | ↓ -83% |
| Cigna | PPO | $35.54 | ↓ -83% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $36.92 | ↓ -82% |
| BCBS | PPO | $43.55 | ↓ -79% |
| BCBS | HMO | $43.55 | ↓ -79% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $43.55 | ↓ -79% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $49.72 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $49.72 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $50.35 | ↓ -76% |
| IPA Management Services | COMM | $52.45 | ↓ -75% |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $56.64 | ↓ -73% |
| CHC Harris Health | Indigent | $62.94 | ↓ -70% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $73.43 | ↓ -65% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $90.21 | ↓ -57% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $94.41 | ↓ -55% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $111.82 | ↓ -47% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $115.38 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $115.38 | ↓ -45% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $125.87 | ↓ -40% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $125.87 | ↓ -40% |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $125.87 | ↓ -40% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $125.87 | ↓ -40% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $136.36 | ↓ -35% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $167.83 | ↓ -20% |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $167.83 | ↓ -20% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | Veterans | $167.83 | ↓ -20% |
| Humana | PPO | $172.01 | ↓ -18% |
| Humana | HMO | $172.01 | ↓ -18% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $172.03 | ↓ -18% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $178.32 | ↓ -15% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $178.32 | ↓ -15% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $188.81 | ↓ -10% |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $188.81 | ↓ -10% |
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Colistimethate sodium inj at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | $88.52 | $39.86 – $64.40 |
| HCA HOUSTON CONROE | CONROE | $74.82 | $12.08 – $172.01 |
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $31.96 | $14.52 – $67.67 |
| St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin | Lufkin | $164.85 | $9.07 – $58.32 |
| St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital | Spring | $31.96 | $14.89 – $67.67 |
| St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital | Sugar Land | $31.96 | $14.89 – $67.67 |
| HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST | PASADENA | $21.77 | $11.94 – $172.01 |
| St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital | The Woodlands | $31.96 | $14.89 – $67.67 |