Erythromycin in ns IV syringe 5 mg/ml (neo/ped) - cnr 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

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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.

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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.

$1.06 with Superior Health Plan vs $768.19 with Humana — 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
Superior Health Plan STAR $1.06
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $1.06
Superior Health Plan STARKids $1.06
Superior Health Plan CHIP $1.06
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $1.06
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $2.29
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $2.29
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $2.29
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $2.29
United OptionsPPO $2.96
Molina Healthcare HIX $4.76
BCBS Traditional $6.17
United GlobalAppendix $7.93
Coventry National First Health COMM $9.40
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $14.10
United SmallGroup $33.26
United AllPayerAppendix $33.26
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $33.26
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $65.96
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $65.96
BCBS MyBlueHealth $145.82
BCBS BAV $160.70
Cigna CSN $181.62
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $196.63
BCBS EPOSOA $200.88
BCBS HMO $200.88
BCBS PPO $200.88
Cigna PPO $234.16
Humana HMO $768.19
Humana PPO $768.19

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Erythromycin in ns IV syringe 5 mg/ml (neo/ped) - cnr at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $97.70 $12.15 – $55.19
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $519.00 $20.16 – $768.19
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $97.70 $12.15 – $55.19
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $33.26 – $768.19
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $437.42 $286.44 – $286.44
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $409.37 $33.26 – $768.19
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $569.33 $262.69 – $306.96
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $315.41 $73.88 – $1,107.07

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