Inj mepivacaine hcl/10 ml at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE
225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035
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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.
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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.
$2.59 with BCBS vs $43.88 with Affiliated PPO — 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 |
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| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $2.59 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $2.85 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $2.93 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $2.93 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $2.93 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $2.93 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $2.93 | — |
| Aetna | MCR | $3.23 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $3.56 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $3.56 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $3.56 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $3.63 | — |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $3.63 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $6.19 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $6.19 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $6.19 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $6.34 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $6.34 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $6.34 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $6.34 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $6.83 | — |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $6.83 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $8.09 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $9.24 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $9.85 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $10.01 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $11.56 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $11.56 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $11.92 | — |
| IPA Management Services | COMM | $12.19 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $13.17 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $17.07 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $20.97 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $21.94 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $22.40 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $22.40 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $25.99 | — |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $26.82 | — |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $26.82 | — |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $29.26 | — |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $29.26 | — |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $29.26 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $29.26 | — |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $31.69 | — |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $39.01 | — |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $39.01 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $39.98 | — |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $41.45 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $41.45 | — |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $43.88 | — |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $43.88 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Inj mepivacaine hcl/10 ml at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $16.81 | $5.08 – $5.08 |
| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | $56.70 | $4.94 – $13.38 |
| HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD | HUMBLE | $161.51 | $2.59 – $22.40 |
| St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin | Lufkin | $5.85 | $2.82 – $33.42 |
| St. Luke's Health Memorial Livingston | Livingston | $5.85 | $2.82 – $33.42 |
| St. Luke's Health Memorial San Augustine | San Augustine | $5.85 | $2.82 – $33.42 |
| Ascension Providence | Waco | $5.58 | $2.16 – $4.58 |
| Texas Health Hospital Mansfield | Mansfield | $15.46 | $1.75 – $1.75 |