Triamcinolone a inj prs-free 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.
$3.86 with Superior Health Plan vs $76.47 with Cigna — 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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| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $3.86 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $3.86 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $3.86 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $3.86 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $3.86 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $7.37 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $8.12 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $8.36 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $8.36 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $8.36 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $8.36 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $9.00 | — |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $9.00 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $10.15 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $10.15 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $10.15 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $10.67 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $11.31 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $15.23 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $15.23 | — |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $15.43 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $22.50 | — |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $25.02 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $25.02 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $27.64 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $28.93 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $34.26 | — |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $35.35 | — |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $35.35 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $37.60 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $37.60 | — |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $38.57 | — |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $38.57 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $38.57 | — |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $38.57 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $40.41 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $40.41 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $40.41 | — |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $41.78 | — |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $51.42 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $52.71 | — |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $54.64 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $54.64 | — |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $57.85 | — |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $57.85 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $59.31 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $64.22 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $76.47 | — |
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Triamcinolone a inj prs-free at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $40.43 | $3.38 – $115.49 |
| St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital | Spring | $40.43 | $4.10 – $115.49 |
| St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital | Sugar Land | $40.43 | $4.10 – $115.49 |
| St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital | The Woodlands | $40.43 | $4.10 – $115.49 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $40.43 | $4.10 – $115.49 |
| Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin (Ascension Seton) | Austin | $223.56 | $3.72 – $15.75 |
| Ascension Seton Northwest (Ascension Seton) | Austin | $223.56 | $3.72 – $15.75 |
| Ascension Seton Smithville (Ascension Seton) | Smithville | $223.56 | $3.72 – $15.75 |