Dextrose 5 % and 0.9 % sodium chloride intravenous solution at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE
225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$1.25 with TriWest Health Alliance vs $600.00 with Texas Athletic Network — 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 | $1.25 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $1.25 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $2.16 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $2.16 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $2.16 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $3.29 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $3.29 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $3.56 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $3.63 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $4.24 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $4.54 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $4.54 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $4.54 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $10.52 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $10.52 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $27.92 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $27.92 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $27.92 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $27.92 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $27.92 | — |
| Aetna | MCR | $30.85 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $60.49 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $60.49 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $60.49 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $60.49 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $65.15 | — |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $65.15 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $77.24 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $90.74 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $94.00 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $110.28 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $110.28 | — |
| IPA Management Services | COMM | $116.33 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $118.66 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $123.31 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $125.64 | — |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $127.04 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $149.37 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $149.37 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $149.37 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $159.14 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $159.14 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $159.14 | — |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $162.87 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $162.87 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $186.13 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $186.60 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $186.60 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $186.60 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $200.09 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $201.49 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $201.49 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $201.49 | — |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $209.40 | — |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $209.40 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $209.40 | — |
| Multiplan | SAVILITYNETWORK | $232.66 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $248.02 | — |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $255.93 | — |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $255.93 | — |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $279.20 | — |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $279.20 | — |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $279.20 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $279.20 | — |
| Texas Athletic Network | Premier | $300.00 | — |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $302.46 | — |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $372.26 | — |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $372.26 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $381.57 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $395.53 | — |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $395.53 | — |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $418.80 | — |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $418.80 | — |
| Texas Athletic Network | PremierPlus | $500.00 | — |
| Texas Athletic Network | TexasCustomUC | $600.00 | — |
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Dextrose 5 % and 0.9 % sodium chloride intravenous solution at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $137.39 | $6.47 – $6.47 |
| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | $49.79 | $4.74 – $6.71 |
| St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center | Pasadena | $9.93 | $1.69 – $21.27 |
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $9.19 | $0.59 – $2.64 |
| St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital | Spring | $9.19 | $0.59 – $2.64 |
| St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital | Sugar Land | $9.19 | $0.59 – $2.64 |
| St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital | The Woodlands | $9.19 | $0.59 – $2.64 |
| St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital | Lake Jackson | $23.97 | $1.31 – $34.24 |