Ganciclovir in ns IV syringe 10 mg/ml (neo/ped) - cnr 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

$1,048.95

Cash price

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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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$1,048.95

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.

$1.91 with Superior Health Plan vs $839.16 with Cigna Behavioral Health — 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 $1.91 ↓ -100%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $1.91 ↓ -100%
Superior Health Plan STAR $1.91 ↓ -100%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $1.91 ↓ -100%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $1.91 ↓ -100%
Aetna MCR $2.11 ↓ -100%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $4.13 ↓ -100%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $4.13 ↓ -100%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $4.13 ↓ -100%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $4.13 ↓ -100%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $4.45 ↓ -100%
Amerigroup MGMCD $4.45 ↓ -100%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $5.27 ↓ -99%
United OptionsPPO $5.59 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $7.52 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $7.52 ↓ -99%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $7.62 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare HIX $8.57 ↓ -99%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $9.53 ↓ -99%
BCBS Traditional $11.11 ↓ -99%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $13.65 ↓ -99%
United GlobalAppendix $14.29 ↓ -99%
Coventry National First Health COMM $16.92 ↓ -98%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $17.46 ↓ -98%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $17.46 ↓ -98%
Independent Medical System COMM $19.05 ↓ -98%
Beech Street WCOMP $19.05 ↓ -98%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $19.05 ↓ -98%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $19.05 ↓ -98%
Coastal Comp COMM $20.64 ↓ -98%
Beech Street COMMPPO $25.40 ↓ -98%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $25.40 ↓ -98%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $26.04 ↓ -98%
Physicians, INC COMM $26.99 ↓ -97%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $26.99 ↓ -97%
Affiliated PPO COMM $28.57 ↓ -97%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $28.57 ↓ -97%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $32.09 ↓ -97%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $32.09 ↓ -97%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $55.31 ↓ -95%
United AllPayerAppendix $55.31 ↓ -95%
United SmallGroup $55.31 ↓ -95%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $81.28 ↓ -92%
BCBS BAV $89.58 ↓ -91%
Cigna CSN $95.88 ↓ -91%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $103.80 ↓ -90%
BCBS HMO $111.97 ↓ -89%
BCBS EPOSOA $111.97 ↓ -89%
BCBS PPO $111.97 ↓ -89%
Cigna PPO $123.61 ↓ -88%
IPA Management Services COMM $262.24 ↓ -75%
Humana HMO $561.80 ↓ -46%
Humana PPO $561.80 ↓ -46%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $839.16 ↓ -20%

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Ganciclovir in ns IV syringe 10 mg/ml (neo/ped) - cnr at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $263.39 $138.67 – $170.70
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $86.54 $37.32 – $212.68
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $360.72 $51.34 – $1,424.26
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $86.54 $41.04 – $212.68
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $86.54 $41.04 – $212.68
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $86.54 $41.04 – $212.68
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $86.54 $41.04 – $212.68
St. Luke's Health Memorial Livingston Livingston $360.72 $51.34 – $1,424.26

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