Pamidronate 30 mg/10 ml (3 mg/ml) intravenous solution at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE
225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035
$5,503.30
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.
$5,503.30
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.
$13.88 with TriWest Health Alliance vs $4,952.97 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $13.88 | ↓ -100% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $13.88 | ↓ -100% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $16.19 | ↓ -100% |
| BCBS | BAV | $17.84 | ↓ -100% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $18.63 | ↓ -100% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $18.63 | ↓ -100% |
| United | SmallGroup | $18.63 | ↓ -100% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $22.30 | ↓ -100% |
| BCBS | PPO | $22.30 | ↓ -100% |
| BCBS | HMO | $22.30 | ↓ -100% |
| Cigna | CSN | $27.01 | ↓ -100% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $29.24 | ↓ -99% |
| Cigna | PPO | $34.82 | ↓ -99% |
| Humana | HMO | $92.92 | ↓ -98% |
| Humana | PPO | $92.92 | ↓ -98% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $330.20 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $330.20 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $330.20 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $330.20 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $330.20 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | MCR | $364.87 | ↓ -93% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $715.43 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $715.43 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $715.43 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $715.43 | ↓ -87% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $770.46 | ↓ -86% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $770.46 | ↓ -86% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $913.55 | ↓ -83% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $968.58 | ↓ -82% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $1,304.28 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $1,304.28 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $1,320.79 | ↓ -76% |
| IPA Management Services | COMM | $1,375.83 | ↓ -75% |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $1,485.89 | ↓ -73% |
| CHC Harris Health | Indigent | $1,650.99 | ↓ -70% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $1,926.15 | ↓ -65% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $2,366.42 | ↓ -57% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $2,476.49 | ↓ -55% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $2,933.26 | ↓ -47% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $3,026.82 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $3,026.82 | ↓ -45% |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $3,301.98 | ↓ -40% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $3,301.98 | ↓ -40% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $3,301.98 | ↓ -40% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $3,301.98 | ↓ -40% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $3,577.14 | ↓ -35% |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $4,402.64 | ↓ -20% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $4,402.64 | ↓ -20% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | Veterans | $4,402.64 | ↓ -20% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $4,512.71 | ↓ -18% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $4,677.81 | ↓ -15% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $4,677.81 | ↓ -15% |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $4,952.97 | ↓ -10% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $4,952.97 | ↓ -10% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | not published by hospital | — |
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Pamidronate 30 mg/10 ml (3 mg/ml) intravenous solution at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $254.73 | $31.80 – $31.80 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $50.47 | $13.67 – $71.50 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $50.47 | $10.39 – $75.71 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $50.47 | $10.09 – $63.09 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $50.47 | $13.46 – $71.50 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $50.47 | $13.67 – $75.71 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $50.47 | $13.67 – $75.71 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $50.47 | $13.67 – $75.71 |