Metoprolol tartrate 5 mg/5 ml intravenous (wrapper) 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.

$0.20 with United vs $3.11 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.

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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
United SmallGroup $0.20
United AllPayerAppendix $0.20
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $0.20
Superior Health Plan CHIP $0.21
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $0.21
Superior Health Plan STAR $0.21
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $0.21
Superior Health Plan STARKids $0.21
Aetna MCR $0.23
BCBS MyBlueHealth $0.29
Cigna CSN $0.31
BCBS BAV $0.32
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $0.34
BCBS EPOSOA $0.41
BCBS HMO $0.41
BCBS PPO $0.41
Cigna PPO $0.41
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $0.45
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $0.45
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $0.45
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $0.45
Amerigroup MGMCD $0.48
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $0.48
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $0.57
United OptionsPPO $0.61
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $0.82
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $0.82
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $0.83
IPA Management Services COMM $0.86
Molina Healthcare HIX $0.93
CHC Harris Health Indigent $1.04
Humana HMO $1.10
Humana PPO $1.10
BCBS Traditional $1.21
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1.38
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $1.49
United GlobalAppendix $1.56
Coventry National First Health COMM $1.84
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $1.90
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $1.90
Beech Street WCOMP $2.08
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $2.08
Independent Medical System COMM $2.08
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $2.08
Coastal Comp COMM $2.25
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $2.77
Beech Street COMMPPO $2.77
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $2.77
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2.84
Physicians, INC COMM $2.94
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $2.94
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $3.11
Affiliated PPO COMM $3.11

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