Thyrotropin alfa 0.9 mg intramuscular solution at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE
225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035
$9,577.76
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$9,577.76
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$574.67 with Superior Health Plan vs $15,822.14 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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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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| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $574.67 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $574.67 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $574.67 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $574.67 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $574.67 | ↓ -94% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $1,245.11 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $1,245.11 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $1,245.11 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $1,245.11 | ↓ -87% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $1,340.89 | ↓ -86% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $1,340.89 | ↓ -86% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $1,589.91 | ↓ -83% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1,685.69 | ↓ -82% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $2,078.71 | ↓ -78% |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $2,078.71 | ↓ -78% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $2,269.93 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $2,269.93 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $2,298.66 | ↓ -76% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $3,173.24 | ↓ -67% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $3,352.22 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS | BAV | $3,497.04 | ↓ -63% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $3,507.31 | ↓ -63% |
| United | SmallGroup | $3,507.31 | ↓ -63% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $3,507.31 | ↓ -63% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $4,118.44 | ↓ -57% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $4,309.99 | ↓ -55% |
| BCBS | HMO | $4,371.30 | ↓ -54% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $4,371.30 | ↓ -54% |
| BCBS | PPO | $4,371.30 | ↓ -54% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $5,104.95 | ↓ -47% |
| Cigna | CSN | $5,114.04 | ↓ -47% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $5,267.77 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $5,267.77 | ↓ -45% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $5,536.69 | ↓ -42% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $5,746.66 | ↓ -40% |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $5,746.66 | ↓ -40% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $5,746.66 | ↓ -40% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $5,746.66 | ↓ -40% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $6,225.54 | ↓ -35% |
| Cigna | PPO | $6,593.31 | ↓ -31% |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $7,662.21 | ↓ -20% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $7,853.76 | ↓ -18% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $8,141.10 | ↓ -15% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $8,141.10 | ↓ -15% |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $8,619.98 | ↓ -10% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $8,619.98 | ↓ -10% |
| Humana | HMO | $15,822.14 | ↑ +65% |
| Humana | PPO | $15,822.14 | ↑ +65% |
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Thyrotropin alfa 0.9 mg intramuscular solution at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | $13,333.89 | $6,055.06 – $7,680.45 |
| HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD | HUMBLE | $15,679.53 | $2,125.64 – $15,822.14 |
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $5,107.76 | $1,457.10 – $7,596.44 |
| St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital | Madisonville | $321.51 | $234.06 – $1,837.16 |
| St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin | Lufkin | $4,695.46 | $2,135.42 – $28,172.71 |
| St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital | Spring | $5,107.76 | $1,671.22 – $7,596.44 |
| St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital | Sugar Land | $5,107.76 | $1,671.22 – $7,596.44 |
| St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital | College Station | $321.51 | $312.32 – $1,837.16 |