Deferoxamine 500 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

$309.58

Cash price

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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.

$309.58

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.

$8.21 with Christus (USFHP) vs $278.62 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.

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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
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $8.21 ↓ -97%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $8.21 ↓ -97%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $13.96 ↓ -95%
United SmallGroup $13.98 ↓ -95%
United AllPayerAppendix $13.98 ↓ -95%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $13.98 ↓ -95%
BCBS BAV $15.38 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $18.57 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $18.57 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $18.57 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $18.57 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $18.57 ↓ -94%
BCBS HMO $19.22 ↓ -94%
BCBS EPOSOA $19.22 ↓ -94%
BCBS PPO $19.22 ↓ -94%
Aetna MCR $20.53 ↓ -93%
Cigna CSN $21.83 ↓ -93%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $23.63 ↓ -92%
Cigna PPO $28.14 ↓ -91%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $40.25 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $40.25 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $40.25 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $40.25 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $43.34 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MGMCD $43.34 ↓ -86%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $51.39 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $54.49 ↓ -82%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $73.37 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $73.37 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $74.30 ↓ -76%
Humana PPO $77.04 ↓ -75%
Humana HMO $77.04 ↓ -75%
Molina Healthcare HIX $83.59 ↓ -73%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $92.87 ↓ -70%
BCBS Traditional $108.35 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $133.12 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $139.31 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $165.01 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $170.27 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $170.27 ↓ -45%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $185.75 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $185.75 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $185.75 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $185.75 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $201.23 ↓ -35%
Beech Street COMMPPO $247.66 ↓ -20%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $247.66 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $253.86 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $263.14 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $263.14 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $278.62 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $278.62 ↓ -10%

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Deferoxamine 500 mg solution for injection at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $703.27 $27.41 – $27.41
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $110.65 $8.21 – $77.04
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $180.18 $26.63 – $32.68
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE $86.84 $8.47 – $77.04
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $827.21 $8.47 – $77.04
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING $248.67 $8.21 – $77.04
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $241.97 $6.41 – $91.06
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $223.70 $5.46 – $35.06

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