Fentanyl citrate (pf) 50 mcg/ml injection for compounding (wrapper) 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.

$0.76 with BCBS vs $18.37 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
BCBS MyBlueHealth $0.76
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $0.84
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $0.84
BCBS BAV $0.84
BCBS PPO $1.05
BCBS EPOSOA $1.05
BCBS HMO $1.05
Superior Health Plan CHIP $1.22
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $1.22
Superior Health Plan STAR $1.22
Superior Health Plan STARKids $1.22
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $1.22
Aetna MCR $1.35
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1.96
United AllPayerAppendix $1.96
United SmallGroup $1.96
Cigna CSN $2.32
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $2.52
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $2.65
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $2.65
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $2.65
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $2.65
Amerigroup MGMCD $2.86
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $2.86
Cigna PPO $3.00
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $3.39
United OptionsPPO $3.59
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $4.84
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $4.84
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $4.90
IPA Management Services COMM $5.10
Molina Healthcare HIX $5.51
CHC Harris Health Indigent $6.12
Humana HMO $6.62
Humana PPO $6.62
BCBS Traditional $7.14
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $8.78
United GlobalAppendix $9.18
Coventry National First Health COMM $10.88
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $11.23
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $11.23
Independent Medical System COMM $12.25
Beech Street WCOMP $12.25
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $12.25
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $12.25
Coastal Comp COMM $13.27
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $16.33
Beech Street COMMPPO $16.33
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $16.33
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $16.74
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $17.35
Physicians, INC COMM $17.35
Affiliated PPO COMM $18.37
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $18.37

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Fentanyl citrate (pf) 50 mcg/ml injection for compounding (wrapper) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $143.08 $1.50 – $1.50
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $172.47 $1.46 – $3.69
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $171.92 $0.35 – $53.20
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $87.20 $0.83 – $35.06
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $171.92 $0.43 – $53.20
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $171.92 $0.43 – $53.20
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $171.92 $0.43 – $53.20
St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital Lake Jackson $56.97 $0.77 – $10.92

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