Folic acid 5 mg/ml injection solution at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE
225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035
$86.89
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.
$86.89
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.
$0.06 with Christus (USFHP) vs $78.20 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 | $0.06 | ↓ -100% |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $0.06 | ↓ -100% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $0.08 | ↓ -100% |
| United | SmallGroup | $0.08 | ↓ -100% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $0.08 | ↓ -100% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $0.14 | ↓ -100% |
| Cigna | CSN | $0.15 | ↓ -100% |
| BCBS | BAV | $0.15 | ↓ -100% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $0.16 | ↓ -100% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $0.19 | ↓ -100% |
| Cigna | PPO | $0.19 | ↓ -100% |
| BCBS | PPO | $0.19 | ↓ -100% |
| BCBS | HMO | $0.19 | ↓ -100% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $5.21 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $5.21 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $5.21 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $5.21 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $5.21 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | MCR | $5.76 | ↓ -93% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $11.30 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $11.30 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $11.30 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $11.30 | ↓ -87% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $12.16 | ↓ -86% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $12.16 | ↓ -86% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $14.42 | ↓ -83% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $15.29 | ↓ -82% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $20.59 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $20.59 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $20.85 | ↓ -76% |
| IPA Management Services | COMM | $21.72 | ↓ -75% |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $23.46 | ↓ -73% |
| CHC Harris Health | Indigent | $26.07 | ↓ -70% |
| Humana | HMO | $27.73 | ↓ -68% |
| Humana | PPO | $27.73 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $30.41 | ↓ -65% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $37.36 | ↓ -57% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $39.10 | ↓ -55% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $46.31 | ↓ -47% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $47.79 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $47.79 | ↓ -45% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $52.13 | ↓ -40% |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $52.13 | ↓ -40% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $52.13 | ↓ -40% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $52.13 | ↓ -40% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $56.48 | ↓ -35% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $69.51 | ↓ -20% |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $69.51 | ↓ -20% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | Veterans | $69.51 | ↓ -20% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $71.25 | ↓ -18% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $73.86 | ↓ -15% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $73.86 | ↓ -15% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $78.20 | ↓ -10% |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $78.20 | ↓ -10% |
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Folic acid 5 mg/ml injection solution at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $29.50 | not published |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $151.39 | $0.06 – $136.17 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $151.39 | $0.06 – $144.18 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $151.39 | $0.06 – $120.15 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $151.39 | $0.06 – $136.17 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $151.39 | $0.06 – $144.18 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $151.39 | $0.06 – $144.18 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $151.39 | $0.06 – $144.18 |