Gadoxetate 0.25 mmol/ml (181.43 mg/ml) intravenous solution 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

$60.10

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$60.10

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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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$3.61 with Superior Health Plan vs $144.44 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.

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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

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 STAR $3.61 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $3.61 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $3.61 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $3.61 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $3.61 ↓ -94%
Aetna MCR $3.98 ↓ -93%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $7.81 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $7.81 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $7.81 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $7.81 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $8.41 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MGMCD $8.41 ↓ -86%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $9.98 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $10.58 ↓ -82%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $14.24 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $14.24 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $14.42 ↓ -76%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $14.71 ↓ -76%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $14.71 ↓ -76%
IPA Management Services COMM $15.03 ↓ -75%
Molina Healthcare HIX $16.23 ↓ -73%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $18.03 ↓ -70%
BCBS Traditional $21.04 ↓ -65%
United SmallGroup $24.34 ↓ -60%
United AllPayerAppendix $24.34 ↓ -60%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $24.34 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $25.84 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $27.05 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $32.03 ↓ -47%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $32.24 ↓ -46%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $33.05 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $33.05 ↓ -45%
BCBS BAV $35.53 ↓ -41%
Cigna CSN $35.57 ↓ -41%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $36.06 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $36.06 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $36.06 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $36.06 ↓ -40%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $38.51 ↓ -36%
Coastal Comp COMM $39.06 ↓ -35%
BCBS HMO $44.41 ↓ -26%
BCBS EPOSOA $44.41 ↓ -26%
BCBS PPO $44.41 ↓ -26%
Cigna PPO $45.86 ↓ -24%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $48.08 ↓ -20%
Beech Street COMMPPO $48.08 ↓ -20%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $48.08 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $49.28 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $51.09 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $51.09 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $54.09 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $54.09 ↓ -10%
Humana HMO $144.44 ↑ +140%
Humana PPO $144.44 ↑ +140%

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Gadoxetate 0.25 mmol/ml (181.43 mg/ml) intravenous solution at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $705.38 $63.33 – $63.33
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $1,139.76 $14.71 – $144.44
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $165.44 $51.46 – $65.68
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $1,435.15 $14.75 – $144.44
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $210.50 $14.81 – $90.00
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $210.50 $17.93 – $90.00
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $210.50 $17.93 – $90.00
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $210.50 $17.93 – $90.00

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