Pentobarbital sodium inj 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

$130.41

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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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$130.41

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.

$7.82 with Superior Health Plan vs $458.56 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
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $7.82 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $7.82 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $7.82 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $7.82 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $7.82 ↓ -94%
Aetna MCR $8.65 ↓ -93%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $16.95 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $16.95 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $16.95 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $16.95 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $18.26 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MGMCD $18.26 ↓ -86%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $21.65 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $22.95 ↓ -82%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $30.91 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $30.91 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $31.30 ↓ -76%
Molina Healthcare HIX $35.21 ↓ -73%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $39.12 ↓ -70%
BCBS Traditional $45.64 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $52.16 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $56.08 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $58.68 ↓ -55%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $59.83 ↓ -54%
United AllPayerAppendix $59.83 ↓ -54%
United SmallGroup $59.83 ↓ -54%
Coventry National First Health COMM $69.51 ↓ -47%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $71.56 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $71.73 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $71.73 ↓ -45%
Beech Street WCOMP $78.25 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $78.25 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $78.25 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $78.25 ↓ -40%
BCBS BAV $78.86 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $84.77 ↓ -35%
BCBS PPO $98.58 ↓ -24%
BCBS EPOSOA $98.58 ↓ -24%
BCBS HMO $98.58 ↓ -24%
Beech Street COMMPPO $104.33 ↓ -20%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $104.33 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $106.94 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $110.85 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $110.85 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $117.37 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $117.37 ↓ -10%
Cigna CSN $130.37 ↓ -0%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $141.14 ↑ +8%
Cigna PPO $168.07 ↑ +29%
Humana HMO $458.56 ↑ +252%
Humana PPO $458.56 ↑ +252%

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Pentobarbital sodium inj at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $295.43 $136.55 – $256.58
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA $1,983.56 $59.83 – $458.56
Covenant Medical Center Lubbock $890.74 $36.84 – $158.86
Ascension Seton Edgar B. Davis (Ascension Seton) Luling $152.91 $30.33 – $152.98
Ascension Seton Highland Lakes (Ascension Seton) Burnet $152.91 $30.33 – $152.98
Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin (Ascension Seton) Austin $138.96 $30.33 – $152.98
Ascension Seton Northwest (Ascension Seton) Austin $138.96 $30.33 – $152.98
Ascension Seton Smithville (Ascension Seton) Smithville $1,625.04 $30.33 – $152.98

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