Inj meropenem (wg crit care) at HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER
1313 Hermann Dr, Houston, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1073043592
$136.35
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.
$136.35
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.
$1.60 with Christus (USFHP) vs $109.08 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 | $1.60 | ↓ -99% |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $1.60 | ↓ -99% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $2.59 | ↓ -98% |
| United | SmallGroup | $2.59 | ↓ -98% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $2.59 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $3.49 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS | BAV | $3.84 | ↓ -97% |
| Cigna | CSN | $3.92 | ↓ -97% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $4.24 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $4.81 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS | HMO | $4.81 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS | PPO | $4.81 | ↓ -96% |
| Cigna | PPO | $5.05 | ↓ -96% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $8.18 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $8.18 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $8.18 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $8.18 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $8.18 | ↓ -94% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $17.73 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $17.73 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $17.73 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $17.73 | ↓ -87% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $22.91 | ↓ -83% |
| Superior | HMO | $23.86 | ↓ -83% |
| Superior | EPO | $23.86 | ↓ -83% |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $27.00 | ↓ -80% |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $36.81 | ↓ -73% |
| Humana | HMO | $43.51 | ↓ -68% |
| Humana | PPO | $43.51 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $47.72 | ↓ -65% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $61.36 | ↓ -55% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $72.67 | ↓ -47% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | FED | $109.08 | ↓ -20% |
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Inj meropenem (wg crit care) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $24.84 | $15.62 – $70.97 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | $73.00 | $1.57 – $3.92 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $24.84 | $15.62 – $70.97 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | $158.36 | $1.60 – $3.92 |
| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | $239.04 | $5.68 – $5.68 |
| HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD | HUMBLE | $245.43 | $1.57 – $3.92 |
| HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST | SPRING | $219.13 | $1.60 – $3.92 |
| St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin | Lufkin | $104.12 | $97.18 – $624.68 |