Melphalan oral 2 mg at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE
225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035
$66.91
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.
$66.91
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.
$4.01 with Superior Health Plan vs $116.88 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.
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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| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $4.01 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $4.01 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $4.01 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $4.01 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $4.01 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | MCR | $4.44 | ↓ -93% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $7.72 | ↓ -88% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $7.72 | ↓ -88% |
| United | SmallGroup | $7.72 | ↓ -88% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $8.70 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $8.70 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $8.70 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $8.70 | ↓ -87% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $9.37 | ↓ -86% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $9.37 | ↓ -86% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $11.11 | ↓ -83% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $13.52 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $13.78 | ↓ -79% |
| BCBS | BAV | $15.18 | ↓ -77% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $15.86 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $15.86 | ↓ -76% |
| IPA Management Services | COMM | $16.73 | ↓ -75% |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $18.07 | ↓ -73% |
| BCBS | HMO | $18.98 | ↓ -72% |
| BCBS | PPO | $18.98 | ↓ -72% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $18.98 | ↓ -72% |
| Cigna | CSN | $22.60 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $23.42 | ↓ -65% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $24.47 | ↓ -63% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $26.76 | ↓ -60% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $28.77 | ↓ -57% |
| Cigna | PPO | $29.14 | ↓ -56% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $30.11 | ↓ -55% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $35.66 | ↓ -47% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $36.80 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $36.80 | ↓ -45% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $40.15 | ↓ -40% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $40.15 | ↓ -40% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $40.15 | ↓ -40% |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $40.15 | ↓ -40% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $43.49 | ↓ -35% |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $53.53 | ↓ -20% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $53.53 | ↓ -20% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $54.87 | ↓ -18% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $56.87 | ↓ -15% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $56.87 | ↓ -15% |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $60.22 | ↓ -10% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $60.22 | ↓ -10% |
| Humana | PPO | $116.88 | ↑ +75% |
| Humana | HMO | $116.88 | ↑ +75% |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | not published by hospital | — |
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Melphalan oral 2 mg at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $16.58 | $4.70 – $23.49 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $16.58 | $3.41 – $24.88 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $16.58 | $3.32 – $20.73 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $16.58 | $4.42 – $23.49 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $16.58 | $5.32 – $24.88 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $16.58 | $8.57 – $24.88 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $16.58 | $5.53 – $24.88 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $16.58 | $4.42 – $23.49 |