Cosyntropin 0.25 mg solution for injection 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

$734.83

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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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$734.83

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.

$5.31 with Superior Health Plan vs $587.86 with Cigna Behavioral Health — 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 $5.31 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $5.31 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $5.31 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $5.31 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $5.31 ↓ -99%
Aetna MCR $5.86 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $11.50 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $11.50 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $11.50 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $11.50 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $12.38 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $12.38 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $14.68 ↓ -98%
United OptionsPPO $15.57 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $20.96 ↓ -97%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $20.96 ↓ -97%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $21.23 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare HIX $23.88 ↓ -97%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $26.54 ↓ -96%
BCBS Traditional $30.96 ↓ -96%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $33.40 ↓ -95%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $33.40 ↓ -95%
United SmallGroup $34.07 ↓ -95%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $34.07 ↓ -95%
United AllPayerAppendix $34.07 ↓ -95%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $38.03 ↓ -95%
United GlobalAppendix $39.80 ↓ -95%
Coventry National First Health COMM $47.14 ↓ -94%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $48.65 ↓ -93%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $48.65 ↓ -93%
Independent Medical System COMM $53.07 ↓ -93%
Beech Street WCOMP $53.07 ↓ -93%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $53.07 ↓ -93%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $53.07 ↓ -93%
Coastal Comp COMM $57.49 ↓ -92%
Cigna CSN $67.81 ↓ -91%
Beech Street COMMPPO $70.76 ↓ -90%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $70.76 ↓ -90%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $72.53 ↓ -90%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $73.41 ↓ -90%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $75.18 ↓ -90%
Physicians, INC COMM $75.18 ↓ -90%
Affiliated PPO COMM $79.61 ↓ -89%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $79.61 ↓ -89%
Cigna PPO $87.42 ↓ -88%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $119.46 ↓ -84%
BCBS BAV $131.65 ↓ -82%
BCBS PPO $164.57 ↓ -78%
BCBS EPOSOA $164.57 ↓ -78%
BCBS HMO $164.57 ↓ -78%
IPA Management Services COMM $183.71 ↓ -75%
Humana HMO $350.64 ↓ -52%
Humana PPO $350.64 ↓ -52%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $587.86 ↓ -20%

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Cosyntropin 0.25 mg solution for injection at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $2,048.72 $33.40 – $350.64
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $647.09 $98.07 – $243.36
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $1,986.70 $20.65 – $350.64
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING $1,973.92 $33.40 – $350.64
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $61.91 $28.97 – $131.68
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland $552.84 $33.40 – $350.64
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $61.91 $28.97 – $131.68
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $61.91 $28.97 – $131.68

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