Gentamicin 10 mg/ml liquid compound - enteral use only 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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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.

$1.04 with Superior Health Plan vs $14.51 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 $1.04
Superior Health Plan STARKids $1.04
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $1.04
Superior Health Plan CHIP $1.04
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $1.04
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $2.25
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $2.25
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $2.25
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $2.25
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $2.47
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $2.47
United OptionsPPO $2.90
BCBS MyBlueHealth $3.23
BCBS BAV $3.56
United SmallGroup $3.58
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $3.58
United AllPayerAppendix $3.58
BCBS PPO $4.46
BCBS HMO $4.46
BCBS EPOSOA $4.46
Molina Healthcare HIX $4.67
BCBS Traditional $6.05
Cigna CSN $6.34
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $6.86
United GlobalAppendix $7.78
Cigna PPO $8.17
Coventry National First Health COMM $9.21
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $13.82
Humana HMO $14.51
Humana PPO $14.51

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Gentamicin 10 mg/ml liquid compound - enteral use only at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $32.48 $1.49 – $54.71
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $32.48 $1.80 – $54.71
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $2.17 – $14.51
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $2.47 – $14.51
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $121.92 $6.35 – $6.35
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $182.90 $6.17 – $10.22
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $7.72 $1.80 – $11.82
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $239.68 $3.10 – $35.06

All Texas hospitals for this procedure →