Inj, cefepime hcl (b braun) 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

$140.16

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.

$140.16

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.

$5.04 with TriWest Health Alliance vs $112.13 with Cigna Behavioral Health — 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
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $5.04 ↓ -96%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $5.04 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $6.15 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $6.15 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan STAR $6.15 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $6.15 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $6.15 ↓ -96%
Aetna MCR $6.80 ↓ -95%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $8.17 ↓ -94%
United SmallGroup $8.17 ↓ -94%
United AllPayerAppendix $8.17 ↓ -94%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $11.05 ↓ -92%
BCBS BAV $12.18 ↓ -91%
Cigna CSN $12.27 ↓ -91%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $13.28 ↓ -91%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $13.33 ↓ -90%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $13.33 ↓ -90%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $13.33 ↓ -90%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $13.33 ↓ -90%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $14.35 ↓ -90%
Amerigroup MGMCD $14.35 ↓ -90%
BCBS EPOSOA $15.23 ↓ -89%
BCBS PPO $15.23 ↓ -89%
BCBS HMO $15.23 ↓ -89%
Cigna PPO $15.82 ↓ -89%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $17.02 ↓ -88%
United OptionsPPO $18.04 ↓ -87%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $24.29 ↓ -83%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $24.29 ↓ -83%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $24.60 ↓ -82%
Molina Healthcare HIX $27.68 ↓ -80%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $30.75 ↓ -78%
Humana HMO $32.71 ↓ -77%
Humana PPO $32.71 ↓ -77%
IPA Management Services COMM $35.04 ↓ -75%
BCBS Traditional $35.88 ↓ -74%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $44.08 ↓ -69%
United GlobalAppendix $46.13 ↓ -67%
Coventry National First Health COMM $54.64 ↓ -61%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $56.38 ↓ -60%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $56.38 ↓ -60%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $61.51 ↓ -56%
Beech Street WCOMP $61.51 ↓ -56%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $61.51 ↓ -56%
Independent Medical System COMM $61.51 ↓ -56%
Coastal Comp COMM $66.63 ↓ -52%
Beech Street COMMPPO $82.01 ↓ -41%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $82.01 ↓ -41%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $84.06 ↓ -40%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $87.13 ↓ -38%
Physicians, INC COMM $87.13 ↓ -38%
Affiliated PPO COMM $92.26 ↓ -34%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $92.26 ↓ -34%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $112.13 ↓ -20%

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Inj, cefepime hcl (b braun) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $155.21 $5.04 – $12.27
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $257.99 $4.95 – $12.27
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING $268.25 $5.04 – $12.27
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $153.76 $5.04 – $12.27
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas not published $21.71 – $21.71
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock not published $17.76 – $21.09
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $4.95 – $12.27
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $5.04 – $12.27

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