Diphenhydramine 50 mg/ml injection (wrapper) at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE
225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035
$158.76
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.
$158.76
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.
$0.66 with Christus (USFHP) vs $142.88 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $0.66 | ↓ -100% |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $0.66 | ↓ -100% |
| United | SmallGroup | $1.17 | ↓ -99% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $1.17 | ↓ -99% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $1.17 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $1.35 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | BAV | $1.49 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | HMO | $1.86 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | PPO | $1.86 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $1.86 | ↓ -99% |
| Cigna | CSN | $2.18 | ↓ -99% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $2.36 | ↓ -99% |
| Cigna | PPO | $2.81 | ↓ -98% |
| Humana | PPO | $5.84 | ↓ -96% |
| Humana | HMO | $5.84 | ↓ -96% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $9.53 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $9.53 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $9.53 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $9.53 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $9.53 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | MCR | $10.53 | ↓ -93% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $20.64 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $20.64 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $20.64 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $20.64 | ↓ -87% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $22.23 | ↓ -86% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $22.23 | ↓ -86% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $26.35 | ↓ -83% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $27.94 | ↓ -82% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $37.63 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $37.63 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $38.10 | ↓ -76% |
| IPA Management Services | COMM | $39.69 | ↓ -75% |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $42.87 | ↓ -73% |
| CHC Harris Health | Indigent | $47.63 | ↓ -70% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $55.57 | ↓ -65% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $68.27 | ↓ -57% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $71.44 | ↓ -55% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $84.62 | ↓ -47% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $87.32 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $87.32 | ↓ -45% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $95.26 | ↓ -40% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $95.26 | ↓ -40% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $95.26 | ↓ -40% |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $95.26 | ↓ -40% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $103.19 | ↓ -35% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $127.01 | ↓ -20% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | Veterans | $127.01 | ↓ -20% |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $127.01 | ↓ -20% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $130.18 | ↓ -18% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $134.95 | ↓ -15% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $134.95 | ↓ -15% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $142.88 | ↓ -10% |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $142.88 | ↓ -10% |
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Diphenhydramine 50 mg/ml injection (wrapper) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $31.58 | $2.66 – $2.66 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | $51.16 | $0.66 – $5.84 |
| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | $56.70 | $2.58 – $3.16 |
| HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD | HUMBLE | $49.40 | $0.71 – $5.84 |
| HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST | SPRING | $44.83 | $0.66 – $5.84 |
| St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center | Pasadena | $2.21 | $0.75 – $6.30 |
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $20.55 | $0.62 – $54.04 |
| St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital | Madisonville | $1.93 | $0.07 – $0.73 |