Epinephrine 1 mg/ml im kit - pediatric 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

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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.

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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.

$0.13 with Superior Health Plan vs $2.13 with BCBS — 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 STARPLUS $0.13
Superior Health Plan STARKids $0.13
Superior Health Plan STAR $0.13
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $0.13
Superior Health Plan CHIP $0.13
Aetna MCR $0.14
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $0.28
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $0.28
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $0.28
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $0.28
Amerigroup MGMCD $0.30
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $0.30
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $0.36
United OptionsPPO $0.38
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $0.51
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $0.51
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $0.52
IPA Management Services COMM $0.54
Molina Healthcare HIX $0.58
CHC Harris Health Indigent $0.65
Humana HMO $0.69
Humana PPO $0.69
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $0.71
United AllPayerAppendix $0.71
United SmallGroup $0.71
BCBS Traditional $0.76
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $0.86
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $0.93
United GlobalAppendix $0.97
Coventry National First Health COMM $1.15
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $1.19
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $1.19
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1.30
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $1.30
Independent Medical System COMM $1.30
Beech Street WCOMP $1.30
Cigna CSN $1.40
Coastal Comp COMM $1.40
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $1.52
BCBS MyBlueHealth $1.55
BCBS BAV $1.71
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $1.73
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $1.73
Beech Street COMMPPO $1.73
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1.77
Cigna PPO $1.81
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $1.84
Physicians, INC COMM $1.84
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $1.94
Affiliated PPO COMM $1.94
BCBS PPO $2.13
BCBS HMO $2.13
BCBS EPOSOA $2.13

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Epinephrine 1 mg/ml im kit - pediatric at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $2,180.36 $2.03 – $2.03
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $111.07 $12.47 – $56.66
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $111.07 $12.47 – $56.66
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $111.07 $12.47 – $56.66
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $111.07 $12.47 – $56.66
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $111.07 $12.47 – $56.66
Covenant Medical Center Lubbock $2,180.36 $2.03 – $2.03
Covenant Hospital Plainview Plainview $56.70 not published

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