Azathioprine 50 mg tablet at HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER

1313 Hermann Dr, Houston, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1073043592

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$57.11

Cash price

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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.

$57.11

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.

$0.10 with United vs $45.69 with TriWest Healthcare Alliance — 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 AllPayerAppendix $0.10 ↓ -100%
United SmallGroup $0.10 ↓ -100%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $0.10 ↓ -100%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $1.01 ↓ -98%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1.01 ↓ -98%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $1.20 ↓ -98%
BCBS BAV $1.32 ↓ -98%
BCBS EPOSOA $1.65 ↓ -97%
BCBS HMO $1.65 ↓ -97%
BCBS PPO $1.65 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $3.43 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $3.43 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $3.43 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $3.43 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $3.43 ↓ -94%
Cigna CSN $5.18 ↓ -91%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $5.61 ↓ -90%
Humana HMO $6.53 ↓ -89%
Humana PPO $6.53 ↓ -89%
Cigna PPO $6.68 ↓ -88%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $7.42 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $7.42 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $7.42 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $7.42 ↓ -87%
United OptionsPPO $9.59 ↓ -83%
Molina Healthcare HIX $15.42 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $19.99 ↓ -65%
United GlobalAppendix $25.70 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $30.44 ↓ -47%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $45.69 ↓ -20%

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Azathioprine 50 mg tablet at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $32.00 $0.06 – $6.53
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $54.19 $0.10 – $6.53
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $34.02 $0.10 – $6.53
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $5.99 $2.28 – $17.33
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE $45.42 $0.06 – $6.53
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $54.89 $0.06 – $6.53
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING $54.64 $0.10 – $6.53
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $21.92 $1.31 – $35.06

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