Ertapenem 1000 mg/10 ml IV (dilution #1) desensitization - cnr at HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER
1313 Hermann Dr, Houston, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1073043592
$2,170.07
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.
$2,170.07
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.
$9.18 with Christus (USFHP) vs $1,736.06 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.
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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| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $9.18 | ↓ -100% |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $9.18 | ↓ -100% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $15.11 | ↓ -99% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $15.11 | ↓ -99% |
| United | SmallGroup | $15.11 | ↓ -99% |
| Cigna | CSN | $21.83 | ↓ -99% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $23.63 | ↓ -99% |
| Cigna | PPO | $28.14 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $66.09 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS | BAV | $72.84 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS | HMO | $91.04 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS | PPO | $91.04 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $91.04 | ↓ -96% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $130.20 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $130.20 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $130.20 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $130.20 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $130.20 | ↓ -94% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $282.11 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $282.11 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $282.11 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $282.11 | ↓ -87% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $364.57 | ↓ -83% |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $585.92 | ↓ -73% |
| Humana | HMO | $608.26 | ↓ -72% |
| Humana | PPO | $608.26 | ↓ -72% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $759.52 | ↓ -65% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $976.53 | ↓ -55% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $1,156.65 | ↓ -47% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | FED | $1,736.06 | ↓ -20% |
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Ertapenem 1000 mg/10 ml IV (dilution #1) desensitization - cnr at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $192.58 | $19.27 – $135.53 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | $1,364.00 | $9.16 – $608.26 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $192.58 | $15.72 – $135.53 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | $2,065.20 | $9.18 – $608.26 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $268.61 | $129.82 – $129.82 |
| HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE | FRIENDSWOOD | $826.69 | $9.18 – $608.26 |
| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | $951.07 | $31.57 – $134.63 |
| HCA HOUSTON CONROE | CONROE | $948.51 | $9.16 – $608.26 |