Inj cefazolin sodium, baxter 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.

$1.25 with Christus (USFHP) vs $34.80 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
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1.25
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $1.25
United AllPayerAppendix $2.10
United SmallGroup $2.10
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $2.10
Superior Health Plan STAR $2.32
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $2.32
Superior Health Plan CHIP $2.32
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $2.32
Superior Health Plan STARKids $2.32
BCBS MyBlueHealth $2.55
Aetna MCR $2.56
BCBS BAV $2.81
Cigna CSN $3.22
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $3.48
BCBS EPOSOA $3.51
BCBS HMO $3.51
BCBS PPO $3.51
Cigna PPO $4.15
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $5.03
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $5.03
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $5.03
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $5.03
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $5.41
Amerigroup MGMCD $5.41
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $6.42
United OptionsPPO $6.81
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $9.16
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $9.16
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $9.28
IPA Management Services COMM $9.67
Molina Healthcare HIX $10.44
CHC Harris Health Indigent $11.60
Humana HMO $12.34
Humana PPO $12.34
BCBS Traditional $13.53
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $16.63
United GlobalAppendix $17.40
Coventry National First Health COMM $20.61
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $21.27
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $21.27
Independent Medical System COMM $23.20
Beech Street WCOMP $23.20
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $23.20
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $23.20
Coastal Comp COMM $25.14
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $30.94
Beech Street COMMPPO $30.94
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $30.94
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $31.71
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $32.87
Physicians, INC COMM $32.87
Affiliated PPO COMM $34.80
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $34.80

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Inj cefazolin sodium, baxter at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $27.38 $17.21 – $78.21
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $27.38 $17.21 – $78.21
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $27.38 $17.21 – $78.21
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $27.38 $17.21 – $78.21
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $27.38 $17.21 – $78.21
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas not published $5.01 – $5.01
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $1.25 – $3.22
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock not published $4.66 – $4.86

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