Foscarnet sodium injection 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.

$11.07 with United vs $671.57 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
United SmallGroup $11.07
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $11.07
United AllPayerAppendix $11.07
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $21.63
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $21.63
Cigna CSN $37.70
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $40.82
Cigna PPO $48.61
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $48.97
Superior Health Plan STARKids $48.97
Superior Health Plan STAR $48.97
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $48.97
Superior Health Plan CHIP $48.97
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $106.10
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $106.10
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $106.10
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $106.10
United OptionsPPO $137.11
Superior EPO $142.83
Superior HMO $142.83
BCBS MyBlueHealth $152.12
Superior ValueHMO $161.60
BCBS BAV $167.64
BCBS PPO $209.55
BCBS HMO $209.55
BCBS EPOSOA $209.55
Molina Healthcare HIX $220.36
BCBS Traditional $285.66
United GlobalAppendix $367.27
Coventry National First Health COMM $435.01
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $652.93
Humana HMO $671.57
Humana PPO $671.57

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Foscarnet sodium injection at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $452.69 $66.99 – $1,293.40
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $452.69 $54.66 – $1,293.40
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $1,637.77 $11.07 – $671.57
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $6.71 – $671.57
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,299.00 $9.19 – $1,840.25
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,299.00 $9.19 – $1,948.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,299.00 $9.19 – $1,623.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,299.00 $9.19 – $1,840.25

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