Cyclosporine 250 mg/5 ml intravenous solution at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE
225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035
$173.50
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.
$173.50
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.
$10.41 with Superior Health Plan vs $446.68 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 |
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| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $10.41 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $10.41 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $10.41 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $10.41 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $10.41 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | MCR | $11.50 | ↓ -93% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $22.55 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $22.55 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $22.55 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $22.55 | ↓ -87% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $24.29 | ↓ -86% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $24.29 | ↓ -86% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $28.80 | ↓ -83% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $30.54 | ↓ -82% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $41.12 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $41.12 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $41.64 | ↓ -76% |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $46.84 | ↓ -73% |
| CHC Harris Health | Indigent | $52.05 | ↓ -70% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $52.98 | ↓ -69% |
| BCBS | BAV | $58.38 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $60.73 | ↓ -65% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $71.40 | ↓ -59% |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $71.40 | ↓ -59% |
| BCBS | HMO | $72.98 | ↓ -58% |
| BCBS | PPO | $72.98 | ↓ -58% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $72.98 | ↓ -58% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $74.61 | ↓ -57% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $78.08 | ↓ -55% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $92.48 | ↓ -47% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $95.42 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $95.42 | ↓ -45% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $104.10 | ↓ -40% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $104.10 | ↓ -40% |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $104.10 | ↓ -40% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $104.10 | ↓ -40% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $112.78 | ↓ -35% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $121.57 | ↓ -30% |
| United | SmallGroup | $121.57 | ↓ -30% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $121.57 | ↓ -30% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | Veterans | $138.80 | ↓ -20% |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $138.80 | ↓ -20% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $142.27 | ↓ -18% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $147.47 | ↓ -15% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $147.47 | ↓ -15% |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $156.15 | ↓ -10% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $156.15 | ↓ -10% |
| Cigna | CSN | $175.91 | ↑ +1% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $190.45 | ↑ +10% |
| Cigna | PPO | $226.79 | ↑ +31% |
| Humana | HMO | $446.68 | ↑ +157% |
| Humana | PPO | $446.68 | ↑ +157% |
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Cyclosporine 250 mg/5 ml intravenous solution at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA HOUSTON CONROE | CONROE | $810.90 | $52.98 – $446.68 |
| St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center | Pasadena | $11.40 | $19.53 – $101.90 |
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $101.89 | $24.33 – $177.35 |
| St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital | Madisonville | $9.81 | $7.15 – $71.36 |
| St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin | Lufkin | $150.79 | $25.34 – $162.87 |
| St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital | Spring | $101.89 | $29.46 – $177.35 |
| St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital | Sugar Land | $101.89 | $29.46 – $177.35 |
| St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital | College Station | $9.81 | $30.83 – $71.36 |