Inj, linezolid (hospira) at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE
225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035
$242.57
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.
$242.57
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.
$6.34 with TriWest Health Alliance vs $218.31 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $6.34 | ↓ -97% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $6.34 | ↓ -97% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $14.55 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $14.55 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $14.55 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $14.55 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $14.55 | ↓ -94% |
| Cigna | CSN | $15.34 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | MCR | $16.08 | ↓ -93% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $16.61 | ↓ -93% |
| Cigna | PPO | $19.78 | ↓ -92% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $31.53 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $31.53 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $31.53 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $31.53 | ↓ -87% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $33.96 | ↓ -86% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $33.96 | ↓ -86% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $35.69 | ↓ -85% |
| United | SmallGroup | $35.69 | ↓ -85% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $35.69 | ↓ -85% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $35.85 | ↓ -85% |
| BCBS | BAV | $39.51 | ↓ -84% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $40.27 | ↓ -83% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $42.69 | ↓ -82% |
| BCBS | HMO | $49.38 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS | PPO | $49.38 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $49.38 | ↓ -80% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $57.49 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $57.49 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $58.22 | ↓ -76% |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $65.49 | ↓ -73% |
| CHC Harris Health | Indigent | $72.77 | ↓ -70% |
| Humana | PPO | $77.40 | ↓ -68% |
| Humana | HMO | $77.40 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $84.90 | ↓ -65% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $104.31 | ↓ -57% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $109.16 | ↓ -55% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $129.29 | ↓ -47% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $133.41 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $133.41 | ↓ -45% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $145.54 | ↓ -40% |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $145.54 | ↓ -40% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $145.54 | ↓ -40% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $145.54 | ↓ -40% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $157.67 | ↓ -35% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | Veterans | $194.06 | ↓ -20% |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $194.06 | ↓ -20% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $198.91 | ↓ -18% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $206.18 | ↓ -15% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $206.18 | ↓ -15% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $218.31 | ↓ -10% |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $218.31 | ↓ -10% |
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Inj, linezolid (hospira) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin | Lufkin | $216.90 | $202.44 – $1,301.40 |
| St. Luke's Health Memorial Livingston | Livingston | $216.90 | $202.44 – $1,301.40 |
| St. Luke's Health Memorial San Augustine | San Augustine | $216.90 | $202.44 – $1,301.40 |
| Ascension Seton Cedar Park Hospital | Cedar Park | $44.65 | $62.92 – $76.64 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | not published | $70.42 – $70.42 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $6.34 – $35.85 |
| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | not published | $22.18 – $76.23 |
| HCA HOUSTON CONROE | CONROE | not published | $15.34 – $35.85 |