Gemcitabine 1 gram intravenous solution at HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER
1313 Hermann Dr, Houston, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1073043592
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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.
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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.
$2.98 with Christus (USFHP) vs $72.37 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.
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 | $2.98 | — |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $2.98 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $4.44 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $4.44 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $4.44 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $4.44 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $4.44 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $5.92 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $5.92 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $5.92 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $7.16 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $7.76 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $9.24 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $9.62 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $9.62 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $9.62 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $9.62 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $10.00 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $11.02 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $12.43 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $13.77 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $13.77 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $13.77 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $19.97 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $25.89 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $33.29 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $39.43 | — |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | FED | $59.18 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $72.37 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $72.37 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | not published by hospital | — |
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Gemcitabine 1 gram intravenous solution at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $1,678.16 | $4.59 – $404.48 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $1,678.16 | $4.10 – $404.48 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $2.98 – $72.37 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $142.21 | $19.64 – $19.64 |
| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | $458.87 | $10.35 – $20.36 |
| HCA HOUSTON CONROE | CONROE | $2,393.98 | $3.59 – $72.37 |
| HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD | HUMBLE | $180.14 | $3.59 – $72.37 |
| St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin | Lufkin | $2,571.40 | $3.93 – $191.40 |