Somatropin 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

$379.89

Cash price

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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.

$379.89

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.

$22.79 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,127.60 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 CHIP $22.79 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $22.79 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $22.79 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $22.79 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $22.79 ↓ -94%
Aetna MCR $25.19 ↓ -93%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $49.39 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $49.39 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $49.39 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $49.39 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $53.18 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MGMCD $53.18 ↓ -86%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $63.06 ↓ -83%
Superior HMO $66.48 ↓ -83%
Superior EPO $66.48 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $66.86 ↓ -82%
Oscar HIX $74.08 ↓ -80%
Superior ValueHMO $75.22 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $90.03 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $90.03 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $91.17 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $96.87 ↓ -75%
Aetna QHPExchange $100.67 ↓ -74%
Molina Healthcare HIX $102.57 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $103.71 ↓ -73%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $107.06 ↓ -72%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $113.97 ↓ -70%
BCBS BAV $117.98 ↓ -69%
Aetna NBHMO $121.94 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPPO $121.94 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPOS $121.94 ↓ -68%
Aetna COMMHMO $129.92 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMPPO $129.92 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMPOS $129.92 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $132.96 ↓ -65%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $132.96 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $132.96 ↓ -65%
BCBS HMO $147.47 ↓ -61%
BCBS PPO $147.47 ↓ -61%
BCBS EPOSOA $147.47 ↓ -61%
Curative Administrators COMM $151.96 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $151.96 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPPO $152.34 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONHMO $152.34 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPOS $152.34 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $163.35 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAHMO $164.49 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPOS $164.49 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPPO $164.49 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $170.95 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $170.95 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $170.95 ↓ -55%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $189.94 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $202.48 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $208.94 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $208.94 ↓ -45%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $227.93 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $227.93 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $227.93 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $227.93 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $246.93 ↓ -35%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $272.09 ↓ -28%
United AllPayerAppendix $272.09 ↓ -28%
United SmallGroup $272.09 ↓ -28%
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00 ↓ -21%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $303.91 ↓ -20%
Beech Street COMMPPO $303.91 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $311.51 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $322.91 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $322.91 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $341.90 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $341.90 ↓ -10%
Cigna CSN $383.72 ↑ +1%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $415.43 ↑ +9%
Cigna PPO $494.71 ↑ +30%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↑ +32%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↑ +58%
Humana HMO $1,127.60 ↑ +197%
Humana PPO $1,127.60 ↑ +197%

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