Dimethyl sulfoxide 50% 50 ml at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE
225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035
$2,286.14
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.
$2,286.14
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.
$137.17 with Superior Health Plan vs $5,220.54 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 | STARPLUS | $137.17 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $137.17 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $137.17 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $137.17 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $137.17 | ↓ -94% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $297.20 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $297.20 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $297.20 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $297.20 | ↓ -87% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $320.06 | ↓ -86% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $320.06 | ↓ -86% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $379.50 | ↓ -83% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $402.36 | ↓ -82% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $541.82 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $541.82 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $548.67 | ↓ -76% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $714.72 | ↓ -69% |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $714.72 | ↓ -69% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $800.15 | ↓ -65% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $983.04 | ↓ -57% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $1,028.76 | ↓ -55% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $1,212.44 | ↓ -47% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $1,218.51 | ↓ -47% |
| United | SmallGroup | $1,236.23 | ↓ -46% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $1,236.23 | ↓ -46% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $1,236.23 | ↓ -46% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $1,257.38 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $1,257.38 | ↓ -45% |
| BCBS | BAV | $1,336.15 | ↓ -42% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $1,371.68 | ↓ -40% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $1,371.68 | ↓ -40% |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $1,371.68 | ↓ -40% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $1,371.68 | ↓ -40% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $1,485.99 | ↓ -35% |
| BCBS | PPO | $1,670.19 | ↓ -27% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $1,670.19 | ↓ -27% |
| BCBS | HMO | $1,670.19 | ↓ -27% |
| Cigna | CSN | $1,797.82 | ↓ -21% |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $1,828.91 | ↓ -20% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $1,874.63 | ↓ -18% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $1,943.22 | ↓ -15% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $1,943.22 | ↓ -15% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $1,946.40 | ↓ -15% |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $2,057.53 | ↓ -10% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $2,057.53 | ↓ -10% |
| Cigna | PPO | $2,317.85 | ↑ +1% |
| Humana | PPO | $5,220.54 | ↑ +128% |
| Humana | HMO | $5,220.54 | ↑ +128% |
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Dimethyl sulfoxide 50% 50 ml at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD | HUMBLE | $2,267.96 | $749.23 – $5,220.54 |
| HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST | SPRING | $2,254.11 | $714.72 – $5,220.54 |
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $956.10 | $556.73 – $2,731.71 |
| HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND | Pearland | $2,311.88 | $714.72 – $5,220.54 |
| St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital | Spring | $956.10 | $600.98 – $2,731.71 |
| St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital | Sugar Land | $956.10 | $600.98 – $2,731.71 |
| St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital | The Woodlands | $956.10 | $600.98 – $2,731.71 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $956.10 | $600.98 – $2,731.71 |