Indigotindisulfonate 8 mg/ml soln 5 ml ampule 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.

$1.11 with Superior Health Plan vs $31.82 with Cigna — 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 $1.11
Superior Health Plan CHIP $1.11
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $1.11
Superior Health Plan STAR $1.11
Superior Health Plan STARKids $1.11
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $2.41
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $2.41
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $2.41
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $2.41
Amerigroup MGMCD $2.59
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $2.59
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $3.07
United OptionsPPO $3.26
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $4.39
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $4.39
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $4.44
Humana PPO $5.91
Humana HMO $5.91
BCBS Traditional $6.48
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $7.41
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $7.96
United GlobalAppendix $8.33
Coventry National First Health COMM $9.87
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $10.19
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $10.19
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $11.11
Independent Medical System COMM $11.11
Beech Street WCOMP $11.11
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $11.11
Coastal Comp COMM $12.04
Beech Street COMMPPO $14.82
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $15.19
United AllPayerAppendix $15.35
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $15.35
United SmallGroup $15.35
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $15.74
Physicians, INC COMM $15.74
Affiliated PPO COMM $16.67
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $16.67
BCBS MyBlueHealth $19.76
BCBS BAV $21.77
Cigna CSN $24.68
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $26.72
BCBS EPOSOA $27.22
BCBS HMO $27.22
BCBS PPO $27.22
Cigna PPO $31.82

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