Lacosamide 200 mg/20 ml intravenous solution 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

$1,064.80

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$1,064.80

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.

$0.48 with Cigna vs $851.84 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.

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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

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
Cigna CSN $0.48 ↓ -100%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $0.52 ↓ -100%
Cigna PPO $0.62 ↓ -100%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $63.89 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $63.89 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $63.89 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $63.89 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $63.89 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $138.42 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $138.42 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $138.42 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $138.42 ↓ -87%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $173.56 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $178.89 ↓ -83%
BCBS BAV $191.66 ↓ -82%
BCBS HMO $239.58 ↓ -78%
BCBS EPOSOA $244.90 ↓ -77%
BCBS PPO $249.16 ↓ -77%
Molina Healthcare HIX $287.50 ↓ -73%
Humana HMO $339.78 ↓ -68%
Humana PPO $339.78 ↓ -68%
BCBS Traditional $372.68 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $425.92 ↓ -60%
United GlobalAppendix $479.16 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $567.54 ↓ -47%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $851.84 ↓ -20%

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Lacosamide 200 mg/20 ml intravenous solution at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $166.62 $0.59 – $56.69
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $810.00 $0.48 – $0.48
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $166.62 $0.59 – $56.69
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $1,012.63 $0.48 – $0.48
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $132.31 not published
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $260.98 $10.20 – $51.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $260.98 $7.41 – $54.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $260.98 $7.20 – $45.00

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