Inj. cefepime hcl (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.

$5.80 with Christus (USFHP) vs $211.21 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 $5.80
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $5.80
United AllPayerAppendix $9.85
United SmallGroup $9.85
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $9.85
BCBS MyBlueHealth $11.84
BCBS BAV $13.05
Superior Health Plan CHIP $14.08
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $14.08
Superior Health Plan STAR $14.08
Superior Health Plan STARKids $14.08
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $14.08
Cigna CSN $14.21
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $15.38
Aetna MCR $15.56
BCBS PPO $16.31
BCBS EPOSOA $16.31
BCBS HMO $16.31
Cigna PPO $18.31
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $30.51
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $30.51
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $30.51
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $30.51
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $32.86
Amerigroup MGMCD $32.86
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $38.96
United OptionsPPO $41.30
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $55.62
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $55.62
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $56.32
IPA Management Services COMM $58.67
Molina Healthcare HIX $63.36
CHC Harris Health Indigent $70.40
Humana HMO $74.89
Humana PPO $74.89
BCBS Traditional $82.14
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $100.91
United GlobalAppendix $105.61
Coventry National First Health COMM $125.08
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $129.07
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $129.07
Independent Medical System COMM $140.81
Beech Street WCOMP $140.81
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $140.81
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $140.81
Coastal Comp COMM $152.54
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $187.74
Beech Street COMMPPO $187.74
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $187.74
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $192.44
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $199.48
Physicians, INC COMM $199.48
Affiliated PPO COMM $211.21
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $211.21

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Inj. cefepime hcl (baxter) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas not published $23.25 – $23.25
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $5.80 – $14.21
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock not published $20.55 – $22.59
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $5.97 – $14.21
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $5.97 – $14.21
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $5.80 – $14.21
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $5.80 – $14.21
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $5.80 – $14.21

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