Meperidine (pf) 25 mg/ml injection (wrapper) 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.
$1.09 with Superior Health Plan vs $48.95 with Cigna — 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 | CHIP | $1.09 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $1.09 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $1.09 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $1.09 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $1.09 | — |
| Aetna | MCR | $1.20 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $2.36 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $2.36 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $2.36 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $2.36 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $2.54 | — |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $2.54 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $3.01 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $3.19 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $3.57 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $3.93 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $4.30 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $4.30 | — |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $4.35 | — |
| IPA Management Services | COMM | $4.54 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $4.90 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $4.91 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $4.91 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $4.91 | — |
| CHC Harris Health | Indigent | $5.44 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $6.35 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $7.80 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $8.16 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $9.67 | — |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $9.98 | — |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $9.98 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $10.14 | — |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $10.14 | — |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $10.88 | — |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $10.88 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $10.88 | — |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $10.88 | — |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $11.79 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $13.45 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $13.45 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $13.45 | — |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | Veterans | $14.51 | — |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $14.51 | — |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $14.51 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $14.87 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $15.42 | — |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $15.42 | — |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $16.33 | — |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $16.33 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $37.97 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $39.64 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $39.64 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $41.11 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $48.95 | — |
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Meperidine (pf) 25 mg/ml injection (wrapper) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $63.51 | $7.01 – $7.01 |
| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | $57.96 | $6.81 – $54.93 |
| HCA HOUSTON CONROE | CONROE | $9.94 | $3.57 – $39.64 |
| St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center | Pasadena | $4.05 | $1.98 – $11.55 |
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $128.18 | $1.64 – $54.40 |
| St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin | Lufkin | $207.19 | $3.89 – $35.06 |
| HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND | Pearland | $112.42 | $3.57 – $39.64 |
| St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital | Spring | $128.18 | $1.98 – $54.40 |