Sodium chloride 0.9 % IV bolus at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE
225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035
$51.84
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.
$51.84
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.
$1.24 with TriWest Health Alliance vs $600.00 with Texas Athletic Network — 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 | $1.24 | ↓ -98% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $1.24 | ↓ -98% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $2.13 | ↓ -96% |
| United | SmallGroup | $2.13 | ↓ -96% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $2.13 | ↓ -96% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $3.11 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $3.11 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $3.11 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $3.11 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $3.11 | ↓ -94% |
| Cigna | CSN | $3.34 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | MCR | $3.44 | ↓ -93% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $3.62 | ↓ -93% |
| Cigna | PPO | $4.31 | ↓ -92% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $6.74 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $6.74 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $6.74 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $6.74 | ↓ -87% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $7.26 | ↓ -86% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $7.26 | ↓ -86% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $8.61 | ↓ -83% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $9.12 | ↓ -82% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $12.29 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $12.29 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $12.44 | ↓ -76% |
| Humana | PPO | $12.86 | ↓ -75% |
| Humana | HMO | $12.86 | ↓ -75% |
| IPA Management Services | COMM | $12.96 | ↓ -75% |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $14.00 | ↓ -73% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $14.60 | ↓ -72% |
| CHC Harris Health | Indigent | $15.55 | ↓ -70% |
| BCBS | BAV | $16.09 | ↓ -69% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $18.14 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $20.12 | ↓ -61% |
| BCBS | HMO | $20.12 | ↓ -61% |
| BCBS | PPO | $20.12 | ↓ -61% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $22.29 | ↓ -57% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $23.33 | ↓ -55% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $27.63 | ↓ -47% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $28.51 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $28.51 | ↓ -45% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $31.10 | ↓ -40% |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $31.10 | ↓ -40% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $31.10 | ↓ -40% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $31.10 | ↓ -40% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $33.70 | ↓ -35% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | Veterans | $41.47 | ↓ -20% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $41.47 | ↓ -20% |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $41.47 | ↓ -20% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $42.51 | ↓ -18% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $44.06 | ↓ -15% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $44.06 | ↓ -15% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $46.66 | ↓ -10% |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $46.66 | ↓ -10% |
| Oscar | HIX | $116.03 | ↑ +124% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $151.72 | ↑ +193% |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $157.68 | ↑ +204% |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $162.44 | ↑ +213% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $191.00 | ↑ +268% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $191.00 | ↑ +268% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $191.00 | ↑ +268% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $203.49 | ↑ +293% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $203.49 | ↑ +293% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $203.49 | ↑ +293% |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $208.25 | ↑ +302% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $238.00 | ↑ +359% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $238.59 | ↑ +360% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $238.59 | ↑ +360% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $238.59 | ↑ +360% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $257.63 | ↑ +397% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $257.63 | ↑ +397% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $257.63 | ↑ +397% |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $267.75 | ↑ +416% |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $267.75 | ↑ +416% |
| Multiplan | SAVILITYNETWORK | $297.50 | ↑ +474% |
| Texas Athletic Network | Premier | $300.00 | ↑ +479% |
| Texas Athletic Network | PremierPlus | $500.00 | ↑ +865% |
| Texas Athletic Network | TexasCustomUC | $600.00 | ↑ +1057% |
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Sodium chloride 0.9 % IV bolus at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $30.00 | $1.49 – $42.50 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $30.00 | $1.49 – $45.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $30.00 | $1.49 – $37.50 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $30.00 | $1.49 – $42.50 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $30.00 | $1.49 – $45.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $30.00 | $1.49 – $45.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $30.00 | $1.49 – $45.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $30.00 | $1.49 – $42.50 |