Dihydroergotamine 0.05 mg/ml IV syringe - cnr 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

$862.97

Cash price

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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.

$862.97

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.

$51.78 with Superior Health Plan vs $776.67 with Multiplan — 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 CHIP $51.78 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $51.78 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $51.78 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $51.78 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $51.78 ↓ -94%
Aetna MCR $57.21 ↓ -93%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $85.75 ↓ -90%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $85.75 ↓ -90%
United SmallGroup $94.18 ↓ -89%
United AllPayerAppendix $94.18 ↓ -89%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $94.18 ↓ -89%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $112.19 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $112.19 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $112.19 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $112.19 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MGMCD $120.82 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $120.82 ↓ -86%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $143.25 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $151.88 ↓ -82%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $204.52 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $204.52 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $207.11 ↓ -76%
IPA Management Services COMM $215.74 ↓ -75%
Molina Healthcare HIX $233.00 ↓ -73%
Cigna CSN $234.91 ↓ -73%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $254.32 ↓ -71%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $258.89 ↓ -70%
BCBS Traditional $302.04 ↓ -65%
Cigna PPO $302.86 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $371.08 ↓ -57%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $380.48 ↓ -56%
United GlobalAppendix $388.34 ↓ -55%
BCBS BAV $419.30 ↓ -51%
Coventry National First Health COMM $459.96 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $474.63 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $474.63 ↓ -45%
Independent Medical System COMM $517.78 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $517.78 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $517.78 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $517.78 ↓ -40%
BCBS PPO $524.12 ↓ -39%
BCBS EPOSOA $524.12 ↓ -39%
BCBS HMO $524.12 ↓ -39%
Coastal Comp COMM $560.93 ↓ -35%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $690.38 ↓ -20%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $690.38 ↓ -20%
Beech Street COMMPPO $690.38 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $707.64 ↓ -18%
Humana PPO $715.60 ↓ -17%
Humana HMO $715.60 ↓ -17%
Physicians, INC COMM $733.52 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $733.52 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $776.67 ↓ -10%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $776.67 ↓ -10%

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Dihydroergotamine 0.05 mg/ml IV syringe - cnr at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $3,138.50 $85.75 – $715.60
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE $367.38 $57.08 – $715.60
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $3,045.90 $57.08 – $715.60
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING $3,026.04 $85.75 – $715.60
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $191.10 $58.61 – $409.50
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $812.39 $34.36 – $156.16
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $576.48 $5.46 – $139.64
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $812.39 $34.36 – $156.16

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