Sincalide 5 mcg solution for injection 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

$912.87

Cash price

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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.

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$912.87

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.

$54.77 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,021.34 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 $54.77 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $54.77 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $54.77 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $54.77 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $54.77 ↓ -94%
Aetna MCR $60.52 ↓ -93%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $118.67 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $118.67 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $118.67 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $118.67 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $127.80 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MGMCD $127.80 ↓ -86%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $143.26 ↓ -84%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $143.26 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $151.54 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $160.67 ↓ -82%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $181.71 ↓ -80%
United SmallGroup $181.71 ↓ -80%
United AllPayerAppendix $181.71 ↓ -80%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $198.29 ↓ -78%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $216.35 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $216.35 ↓ -76%
BCBS BAV $218.53 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $219.09 ↓ -76%
IPA Management Services COMM $228.22 ↓ -75%
Molina Healthcare HIX $246.47 ↓ -73%
BCBS PPO $273.16 ↓ -70%
BCBS HMO $273.16 ↓ -70%
BCBS EPOSOA $273.16 ↓ -70%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $273.86 ↓ -70%
BCBS Traditional $319.50 ↓ -65%
Cigna CSN $329.05 ↓ -64%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $356.24 ↓ -61%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $392.53 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $410.79 ↓ -55%
Cigna PPO $424.23 ↓ -54%
Coventry National First Health COMM $486.56 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $502.08 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $502.08 ↓ -45%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $547.72 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $547.72 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $547.72 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $547.72 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $593.37 ↓ -35%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $730.30 ↓ -20%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $730.30 ↓ -20%
Beech Street COMMPPO $730.30 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $748.55 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $775.94 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $775.94 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $821.58 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $821.58 ↓ -10%
Humana PPO $1,021.34 ↑ +12%
Humana HMO $1,021.34 ↑ +12%

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Sincalide 5 mcg solution for injection at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $952.97 $143.26 – $1,021.34
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $1,695.83 $110.13 – $1,021.34
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING $1,591.47 $143.26 – $1,021.34
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $195.02 $86.67 – $321.00
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $47.70 $44.52 – $286.16
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland $573.99 $143.26 – $1,021.34
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $195.02 $83.46 – $321.00
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $195.02 $83.46 – $321.00

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