Zidovudine, oral, 100 mg at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE
225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035
$75.98
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.
$75.98
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.
$0.57 with BCBS vs $68.38 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $0.57 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | BAV | $0.63 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | HMO | $0.78 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $0.78 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | PPO | $0.78 | ↓ -99% |
| Cigna | CSN | $3.75 | ↓ -95% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $4.06 | ↓ -95% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $4.56 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $4.56 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $4.56 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $4.56 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $4.56 | ↓ -94% |
| Cigna | PPO | $4.84 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | MCR | $5.04 | ↓ -93% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $9.88 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $9.88 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $9.88 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $9.88 | ↓ -87% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $10.64 | ↓ -86% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $10.64 | ↓ -86% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $12.61 | ↓ -83% |
| Humana | HMO | $13.15 | ↓ -83% |
| Humana | PPO | $13.15 | ↓ -83% |
| Superior | EPO | $13.30 | ↓ -82% |
| Superior | HMO | $13.30 | ↓ -82% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $13.37 | ↓ -82% |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $15.04 | ↓ -80% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $18.01 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $18.01 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $18.24 | ↓ -76% |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $20.51 | ↓ -73% |
| CHC Harris Health | Indigent | $22.79 | ↓ -70% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $26.59 | ↓ -65% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $30.39 | ↓ -60% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $32.67 | ↓ -57% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $34.19 | ↓ -55% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $40.50 | ↓ -47% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $41.79 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $41.79 | ↓ -45% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $45.59 | ↓ -40% |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $45.59 | ↓ -40% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $45.59 | ↓ -40% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $45.59 | ↓ -40% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $49.39 | ↓ -35% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | Veterans | $60.78 | ↓ -20% |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $60.78 | ↓ -20% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $62.30 | ↓ -18% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $64.58 | ↓ -15% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $64.58 | ↓ -15% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $68.38 | ↓ -10% |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $68.38 | ↓ -10% |
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Zidovudine, oral, 100 mg at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD | HUMBLE | $13.22 | $0.57 – $13.15 |
| HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST | PASADENA | $4.08 | $0.57 – $13.15 |
| MEDICAL CITY DALLAS HOSPITAL | Dallas | $87.04 | $0.81 – $9.66 |
| MEDICAL CITY ALLIANCE HOSPITAL | SAGINAW | $26.43 | $1.00 – $9.66 |
| MEDICAL CITY ARLINGTON HOSPITAL | RED OAK | $5.80 | $1.00 – $9.66 |
| MEDICAL CITY FRISCO HOSPITAL | Frisco | $11.35 | $0.96 – $9.66 |
| MEDICAL CITY LAS COLINAS HOSPITAL | Irving | $78.15 | $1.00 – $9.66 |
| MEDICAL CITY MCKINNEY HOSPITAL | McKinney | $39.42 | $1.00 – $9.66 |