Inj, meropenem (b. braun) at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE
225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035
$149.74
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.
$149.74
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.
$2.09 with TriWest Health Alliance vs $119.79 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.
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 | $2.09 | ↓ -99% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $2.09 | ↓ -99% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $3.32 | ↓ -98% |
| United | SmallGroup | $3.32 | ↓ -98% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $3.32 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $4.65 | ↓ -97% |
| Cigna | CSN | $5.03 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS | BAV | $5.12 | ↓ -97% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $5.45 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $6.40 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS | PPO | $6.40 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS | HMO | $6.40 | ↓ -96% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $6.41 | ↓ -96% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $6.41 | ↓ -96% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $6.41 | ↓ -96% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $6.41 | ↓ -96% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $6.41 | ↓ -96% |
| Cigna | PPO | $6.49 | ↓ -96% |
| Aetna | MCR | $7.08 | ↓ -95% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $13.89 | ↓ -91% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $13.89 | ↓ -91% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $13.89 | ↓ -91% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $13.89 | ↓ -91% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $14.95 | ↓ -90% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $14.95 | ↓ -90% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $17.73 | ↓ -88% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $18.80 | ↓ -87% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $25.32 | ↓ -83% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $25.32 | ↓ -83% |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $25.64 | ↓ -83% |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $28.84 | ↓ -81% |
| CHC Harris Health | Indigent | $32.05 | ↓ -79% |
| Humana | HMO | $34.09 | ↓ -77% |
| Humana | PPO | $34.09 | ↓ -77% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $37.39 | ↓ -75% |
| IPA Management Services | COMM | $37.44 | ↓ -75% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $45.93 | ↓ -69% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $48.07 | ↓ -68% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $56.94 | ↓ -62% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $58.75 | ↓ -61% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $58.75 | ↓ -61% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $64.09 | ↓ -57% |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $64.09 | ↓ -57% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $64.09 | ↓ -57% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $64.09 | ↓ -57% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $69.43 | ↓ -54% |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $85.46 | ↓ -43% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | Veterans | $85.46 | ↓ -43% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $87.59 | ↓ -42% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $90.80 | ↓ -39% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $90.80 | ↓ -39% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $96.14 | ↓ -36% |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $96.14 | ↓ -36% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $119.79 | ↓ -20% |
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Inj, meropenem (b. braun) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | $159.25 | $2.09 – $5.03 |
| HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD | HUMBLE | $264.73 | $2.01 – $5.03 |
| HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST | SPRING | $275.27 | $2.09 – $5.03 |
| St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin | Lufkin | $86.17 | $80.42 – $516.98 |
| St. Luke's Health Memorial Livingston | Livingston | $86.17 | $80.42 – $516.98 |
| St. Luke's Health Memorial San Augustine | San Augustine | $86.17 | $80.42 – $516.98 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | $157.77 | $2.09 – $5.03 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | not published | $9.12 – $9.12 |