Hydrocortisone in ns IV syringe 1 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

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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.

$10.82 with Superior Health Plan vs $162.28 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
Superior Health Plan STAR $10.82
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $10.82
Superior Health Plan CHIP $10.82
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $10.82
Superior Health Plan STARKids $10.82
Aetna MCR $11.95
BCBS MyBlueHealth $19.48
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $20.58
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $20.58
BCBS BAV $21.47
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $23.44
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $23.44
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $23.44
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $23.44
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $25.24
Amerigroup MGMCD $25.24
BCBS HMO $26.84
BCBS EPOSOA $26.84
BCBS PPO $26.84
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $29.93
United OptionsPPO $31.73
United AllPayerAppendix $36.40
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $36.40
United SmallGroup $36.40
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $42.73
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $42.73
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $43.27
IPA Management Services COMM $45.08
Molina Healthcare HIX $48.68
Cigna CSN $51.30
CHC Harris Health Indigent $54.09
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $55.54
BCBS Traditional $63.11
Cigna PPO $66.14
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $77.53
United GlobalAppendix $81.14
Coventry National First Health COMM $96.11
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $99.17
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $99.17
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $108.19
Independent Medical System COMM $108.19
Beech Street WCOMP $108.19
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $108.19
Coastal Comp COMM $117.20
Humana HMO $127.11
Humana PPO $127.11
Beech Street COMMPPO $144.25
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $144.25
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $144.25
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $147.85
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $153.26
Physicians, INC COMM $153.26
Affiliated PPO COMM $162.28
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $162.28

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