Makena, 10 mg 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.

$1.77 with Superior Health Plan vs $357.36 with Humana — 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
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $1.77
Superior Health Plan CHIP $1.77
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $1.77
Superior Health Plan STAR $1.77
Superior Health Plan STARKids $1.77
Aetna MCR $1.95
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $3.83
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $3.83
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $3.83
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $3.83
Amerigroup MGMCD $4.13
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $4.13
BCBS MyBlueHealth $4.81
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $4.89
BCBS BAV $5.31
United OptionsPPO $5.95
BCBS HMO $6.63
BCBS EPOSOA $6.78
BCBS PPO $6.90
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $6.99
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $6.99
IPA Management Services COMM $7.37
Molina Healthcare HIX $7.96
BCBS Traditional $10.32
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $11.79
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $12.68
United GlobalAppendix $13.27
Coventry National First Health COMM $15.71
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $16.21
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $16.21
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $17.69
Independent Medical System COMM $17.69
Beech Street WCOMP $17.69
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $17.69
Coastal Comp COMM $19.16
Beech Street COMMPPO $23.58
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $23.58
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $24.17
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $25.06
Physicians, INC COMM $25.06
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $26.53
Affiliated PPO COMM $26.53
Humana PPO $357.36
Humana HMO $357.36
Cigna CSN not published by hospital
Cigna OpenAccessPlus not published by hospital
Cigna PPO not published by hospital

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Makena, 10 mg at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,445.40 $18.68 – $2,047.65
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,445.40 $18.96 – $2,168.10
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,445.40 $18.96 – $1,806.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,445.40 $18.68 – $2,047.65
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,445.40 $18.96 – $2,168.10
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,445.40 $37.60 – $2,168.10
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,445.40 $18.96 – $2,168.10
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $1,445.40 $18.68 – $2,047.65

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