Vancomycin 750 mg intravenous solution 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

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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

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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.

$0.17 with United vs $19.95 with Multiplan — 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
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $0.17
United AllPayerAppendix $0.17
United SmallGroup $0.17
BCBS MyBlueHealth $0.25
BCBS BAV $0.28
Cigna CSN $0.29
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $0.31
BCBS EPOSOA $0.35
BCBS PPO $0.35
BCBS HMO $0.35
Cigna PPO $0.37
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $1.33
Superior Health Plan CHIP $1.33
Superior Health Plan STARKids $1.33
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $1.33
Superior Health Plan STAR $1.33
Aetna MCR $1.47
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $2.88
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $2.88
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $2.88
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $2.88
Amerigroup MGMCD $3.10
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $3.10
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $3.68
United OptionsPPO $3.90
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $5.25
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $5.25
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $5.32
IPA Management Services COMM $5.54
Molina Healthcare HIX $5.99
CHC Harris Health Indigent $6.65
Humana HMO $7.07
Humana PPO $7.07
BCBS Traditional $7.76
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $8.87
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $9.53
United GlobalAppendix $9.98
Coventry National First Health COMM $11.82
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $12.19
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $12.19
Independent Medical System COMM $13.30
Beech Street WCOMP $13.30
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $13.30
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $13.30
Coastal Comp COMM $14.41
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $17.74
Beech Street COMMPPO $17.74
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $17.74
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $18.18
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $18.84
Physicians, INC COMM $18.84
Affiliated PPO COMM $19.95
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $19.95

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