Potassium chloride 10 meq/100ml in sterile water intravenous piggyback 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.
$0.14 with BCBS vs $76.55 with Multiplan — 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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| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $0.14 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $0.15 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $0.19 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $0.19 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $0.19 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $0.20 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $0.20 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $0.20 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $0.21 | — |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $0.21 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $0.41 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $0.45 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $0.53 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $1.46 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $1.46 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $5.10 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $5.10 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $5.10 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $5.10 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $5.10 | — |
| Aetna | MCR | $5.64 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $11.06 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $11.06 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $11.06 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $11.06 | — |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $11.91 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $11.91 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $14.12 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $14.97 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $20.16 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $20.16 | — |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $20.41 | — |
| IPA Management Services | COMM | $21.26 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $22.96 | — |
| CHC Harris Health | Indigent | $25.52 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $29.77 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $36.57 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $38.27 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $45.33 | — |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $46.78 | — |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $46.78 | — |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $51.03 | — |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $51.03 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $51.03 | — |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $51.03 | — |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $55.28 | — |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $68.04 | — |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | Veterans | $68.04 | — |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $68.04 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $69.74 | — |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $72.29 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $72.29 | — |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $76.55 | — |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $76.55 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Potassium chloride 10 meq/100ml in sterile water intravenous piggyback at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $544.35 | $0.27 – $0.27 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $97.20 | $0.14 – $20.45 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $97.20 | $0.14 – $21.65 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $97.20 | $0.14 – $18.05 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $97.20 | $0.14 – $20.45 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $97.20 | $0.14 – $21.65 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $97.20 | $0.14 – $21.65 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $97.20 | $0.14 – $21.65 |