Dextrose 5 % in water (d5w) intravenous solution (non-pvc) at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE
225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035
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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.
$1.82 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 | $1.82 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $1.82 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $2.89 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $2.89 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $2.89 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $3.11 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $3.11 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $3.11 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $3.11 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $3.11 | — |
| Aetna | MCR | $3.44 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $4.91 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $5.32 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $6.33 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $6.74 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $6.74 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $6.74 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $6.74 | — |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $7.26 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $7.26 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $8.61 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $9.12 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $12.29 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $12.29 | — |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $12.44 | — |
| IPA Management Services | COMM | $12.96 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $14.00 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $14.86 | — |
| CHC Harris Health | Indigent | $15.55 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $16.37 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $18.14 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $20.47 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $20.47 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $20.47 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $22.29 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $23.33 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $24.64 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $24.64 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $27.63 | — |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $28.51 | — |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $28.51 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $31.10 | — |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $31.10 | — |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $31.10 | — |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $31.10 | — |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $33.70 | — |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | Veterans | $41.47 | — |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $41.47 | — |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $41.47 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $42.51 | — |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $44.06 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $44.06 | — |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $46.66 | — |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $46.66 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $110.08 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $143.94 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $149.59 | — |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $154.11 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $181.20 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $181.20 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $181.20 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $193.06 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $193.06 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $193.06 | — |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $197.57 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $225.80 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $226.36 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $226.36 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $226.36 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $244.42 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $244.42 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $244.42 | — |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $254.02 | — |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $254.02 | — |
| Multiplan | SAVILITYNETWORK | $282.25 | — |
| Texas Athletic Network | Premier | $300.00 | — |
| Texas Athletic Network | PremierPlus | $500.00 | — |
| Texas Athletic Network | TexasCustomUC | $600.00 | — |
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Dextrose 5 % in water (d5w) intravenous solution (non-pvc) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $39.88 | $29.18 – $29.18 |
| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | $51.89 | $7.09 – $30.26 |
| St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center | Pasadena | $8.09 | $2.57 – $17.33 |
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $22.03 | $0.41 – $1.86 |
| St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin | Lufkin | $47.66 | $2.06 – $285.96 |
| St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital | Spring | $22.03 | $0.41 – $1.86 |
| St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital | Sugar Land | $22.03 | $0.41 – $1.86 |
| St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital | The Woodlands | $22.03 | $0.41 – $1.86 |