Zidovudine in d5w IV syringe 4 mg/ml (neo/peds) - cnr at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE
225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035
$487.62
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.
?
What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$487.62
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.
?
The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$1.51 with Christus (USFHP) vs $438.86 with Multiplan — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
?
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 →
?
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $1.51 | ↓ -100% |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $1.51 | ↓ -100% |
| United | SmallGroup | $2.49 | ↓ -99% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $2.49 | ↓ -99% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $2.49 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $2.78 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | BAV | $3.07 | ↓ -99% |
| Cigna | CSN | $3.65 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | HMO | $3.83 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | PPO | $3.83 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $3.83 | ↓ -99% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $3.96 | ↓ -99% |
| Cigna | PPO | $4.71 | ↓ -99% |
| Humana | PPO | $14.71 | ↓ -97% |
| Humana | HMO | $14.71 | ↓ -97% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $29.26 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $29.26 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $29.26 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $29.26 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $29.26 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | MCR | $32.33 | ↓ -93% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $63.39 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $63.39 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $63.39 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $63.39 | ↓ -87% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $68.27 | ↓ -86% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $68.27 | ↓ -86% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $80.94 | ↓ -83% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $85.82 | ↓ -82% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $115.57 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $115.57 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $117.03 | ↓ -76% |
| IPA Management Services | COMM | $121.91 | ↓ -75% |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $131.66 | ↓ -73% |
| CHC Harris Health | Indigent | $146.29 | ↓ -70% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $170.67 | ↓ -65% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $209.68 | ↓ -57% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $219.43 | ↓ -55% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $259.90 | ↓ -47% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $268.19 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $268.19 | ↓ -45% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $292.57 | ↓ -40% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $292.57 | ↓ -40% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $292.57 | ↓ -40% |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $292.57 | ↓ -40% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $316.95 | ↓ -35% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $390.10 | ↓ -20% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | Veterans | $390.10 | ↓ -20% |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $390.10 | ↓ -20% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $399.85 | ↓ -18% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $414.48 | ↓ -15% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $414.48 | ↓ -15% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $438.86 | ↓ -10% |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $438.86 | ↓ -10% |
Visitor-reported prices
Comments
Zidovudine in d5w IV syringe 4 mg/ml (neo/peds) - cnr at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $108.12 | $1.43 – $135.15 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $108.12 | $1.66 – $162.18 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $108.12 | $1.43 – $135.15 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $108.12 | $1.43 – $135.15 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $108.12 | $1.43 – $162.18 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $108.12 | $1.66 – $162.18 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $108.12 | $1.43 – $162.18 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $108.12 | $1.43 – $135.15 |