Mannitol 12.5 gm/50 ml inj at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE
225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035
$198.45
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.
$198.45
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.
$2.26 with Christus (USFHP) vs $178.60 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $2.26 | ↓ -99% |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $2.26 | ↓ -99% |
| Cigna | CSN | $5.42 | ↓ -97% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $5.87 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $6.02 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS | BAV | $6.63 | ↓ -97% |
| Cigna | PPO | $6.99 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS | HMO | $8.29 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $8.29 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS | PPO | $8.29 | ↓ -96% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $11.91 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $11.91 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $11.91 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $11.91 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $11.91 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | MCR | $13.16 | ↓ -93% |
| Humana | HMO | $22.30 | ↓ -89% |
| Humana | PPO | $22.30 | ↓ -89% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $25.80 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $25.80 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $25.80 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $25.80 | ↓ -87% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $27.78 | ↓ -86% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $27.78 | ↓ -86% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $32.94 | ↓ -83% |
| Superior | HMO | $34.73 | ↓ -82% |
| Superior | EPO | $34.73 | ↓ -82% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $34.93 | ↓ -82% |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $39.29 | ↓ -80% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $47.03 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $47.03 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $47.63 | ↓ -76% |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $53.58 | ↓ -73% |
| CHC Harris Health | Indigent | $59.53 | ↓ -70% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $69.46 | ↓ -65% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $85.33 | ↓ -57% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $89.30 | ↓ -55% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $105.77 | ↓ -47% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $109.15 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $109.15 | ↓ -45% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $119.07 | ↓ -40% |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $119.07 | ↓ -40% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $119.07 | ↓ -40% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $119.07 | ↓ -40% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $128.99 | ↓ -35% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | Veterans | $158.76 | ↓ -20% |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $158.76 | ↓ -20% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $162.73 | ↓ -18% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $168.68 | ↓ -15% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $168.68 | ↓ -15% |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $178.60 | ↓ -10% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $178.60 | ↓ -10% |
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Mannitol 12.5 gm/50 ml inj at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $95.92 | $11.82 – $11.82 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | $185.60 | $2.26 – $22.30 |
| HCA HOUSTON CONROE | CONROE | $32.05 | $5.42 – $22.30 |
| HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD | HUMBLE | $179.74 | $5.42 – $22.30 |
| HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST | SPRING | $168.10 | $2.26 – $22.30 |
| St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center | Pasadena | $4.05 | $3.35 – $8.67 |
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $23.22 | $2.76 – $28.84 |
| St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin | Lufkin | $205.32 | $2.95 – $35.06 |