Glucagon 1 mg solution for injection 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

$1,945.94

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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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$1,945.94

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.

$116.76 with Superior Health Plan vs $2,088.16 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
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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 $116.76 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $116.76 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $116.76 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $116.76 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $116.76 ↓ -94%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $161.97 ↓ -92%
BCBS BAV $178.50 ↓ -91%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $190.76 ↓ -90%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $190.76 ↓ -90%
BCBS PPO $223.13 ↓ -89%
BCBS EPOSOA $223.13 ↓ -89%
BCBS HMO $223.13 ↓ -89%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $252.97 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $252.97 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $252.97 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $252.97 ↓ -87%
United AllPayerAppendix $272.02 ↓ -86%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $272.02 ↓ -86%
United SmallGroup $272.02 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $272.43 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MGMCD $272.43 ↓ -86%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $323.03 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $342.49 ↓ -82%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $461.19 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $461.19 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $467.03 ↓ -76%
Cigna CSN $473.81 ↓ -76%
IPA Management Services COMM $486.49 ↓ -75%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $512.97 ↓ -74%
Cigna PPO $610.86 ↓ -69%
BCBS Traditional $681.08 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $836.75 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $875.67 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,037.19 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $1,070.27 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $1,070.27 ↓ -45%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,167.56 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $1,167.56 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $1,167.56 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $1,167.56 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $1,264.86 ↓ -35%
Beech Street COMMPPO $1,556.75 ↓ -20%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $1,556.75 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,595.67 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $1,654.05 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $1,654.05 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $1,751.35 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $1,751.35 ↓ -10%
Humana PPO $2,088.16 ↑ +7%
Humana HMO $2,088.16 ↑ +7%

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Glucagon 1 mg solution for injection at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $2,519.85 $161.97 – $2,088.16
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $2,048.46 $309.07 – $715.81
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $444.68 $90.08 – $952.88
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $433.98 $74.38 – $404.49
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $972.28 $176.85 – $1,355.72
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland $1,819.88 $161.97 – $2,088.16
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $433.98 $88.99 – $404.49
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $433.98 $88.99 – $404.49

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