Palonosetron hcl 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.

$0.50 with TriWest Health Alliance vs $166.94 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
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $0.50
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $0.50
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $0.58
United AllPayerAppendix $0.58
United SmallGroup $0.58
Cigna CSN $1.04
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $1.13
Cigna PPO $1.34
Superior Health Plan STAR $7.42
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $7.42
Superior Health Plan STARKids $7.42
Superior Health Plan CHIP $7.42
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $7.42
Aetna MCR $8.20
BCBS MyBlueHealth $13.54
BCBS BAV $14.93
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $16.07
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $16.07
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $16.07
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $16.07
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $17.31
Amerigroup MGMCD $17.31
BCBS HMO $18.66
BCBS PPO $18.66
BCBS EPOSOA $18.66
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $20.52
United OptionsPPO $21.76
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $29.30
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $29.30
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $29.67
Molina Healthcare HIX $33.37
CHC Harris Health Indigent $37.08
BCBS Traditional $43.26
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $53.15
United GlobalAppendix $55.62
Coventry National First Health COMM $65.88
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $67.99
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $67.99
Beech Street WCOMP $74.17
Independent Medical System COMM $74.17
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $74.17
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $74.17
Coastal Comp COMM $80.35
Beech Street COMMPPO $98.89
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $98.89
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $101.36
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $105.07
Physicians, INC COMM $105.07
Affiliated PPO COMM $111.25
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $111.25
Humana HMO $166.94
Humana PPO $166.94

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