Hydromorphone injection at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE
225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035
$29.48
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.
$29.48
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.
$1.77 with Superior Health Plan vs $26.53 with Affiliated PPO — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $1.77 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $1.77 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $1.77 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $1.77 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $1.77 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | MCR | $1.95 | ↓ -93% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $3.83 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $3.83 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $3.83 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $3.83 | ↓ -87% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $4.13 | ↓ -86% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $4.13 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | CSN | $4.36 | ↓ -85% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $4.72 | ↓ -84% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $4.81 | ↓ -84% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $4.89 | ↓ -83% |
| Superior | EPO | $5.16 | ↓ -82% |
| Superior | HMO | $5.16 | ↓ -82% |
| BCBS | BAV | $5.31 | ↓ -82% |
| Cigna | PPO | $5.60 | ↓ -81% |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $5.84 | ↓ -80% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $5.95 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS | HMO | $6.63 | ↓ -78% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $6.78 | ↓ -77% |
| BCBS | PPO | $6.90 | ↓ -77% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $6.99 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $6.99 | ↓ -76% |
| IPA Management Services | COMM | $7.37 | ↓ -75% |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $7.96 | ↓ -73% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $10.32 | ↓ -65% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $11.79 | ↓ -60% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $12.68 | ↓ -57% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $13.27 | ↓ -55% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $15.71 | ↓ -47% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $16.21 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $16.21 | ↓ -45% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $17.69 | ↓ -40% |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $17.69 | ↓ -40% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $17.69 | ↓ -40% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $17.69 | ↓ -40% |
| Humana | HMO | $18.51 | ↓ -37% |
| Humana | PPO | $18.51 | ↓ -37% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $19.16 | ↓ -35% |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $23.58 | ↓ -20% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $23.58 | ↓ -20% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $24.17 | ↓ -18% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $25.06 | ↓ -15% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $25.06 | ↓ -15% |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $26.53 | ↓ -10% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $26.53 | ↓ -10% |
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Hydromorphone injection at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $68.52 | $1.54 – $1.54 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $85.79 | $24.31 – $121.53 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $85.79 | $17.66 – $128.68 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $85.79 | $17.16 – $107.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $85.79 | $22.88 – $121.53 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $85.79 | $27.54 – $128.68 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $85.79 | $44.32 – $128.68 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $85.79 | $28.60 – $128.68 |