Palonosetron hcl 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

$198.69

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.

$198.69

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.

$0.50 with Christus (USFHP) vs $166.94 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
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $0.50 ↓ -100%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $0.50 ↓ -100%
United AllPayerAppendix $0.58 ↓ -100%
United SmallGroup $0.58 ↓ -100%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $0.58 ↓ -100%
Cigna CSN $1.04 ↓ -99%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $1.13 ↓ -99%
Cigna PPO $1.34 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $11.92 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $11.92 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $11.92 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $11.92 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $11.92 ↓ -94%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $13.54 ↓ -93%
BCBS BAV $14.93 ↓ -92%
BCBS HMO $18.66 ↓ -91%
BCBS PPO $18.66 ↓ -91%
BCBS EPOSOA $18.66 ↓ -91%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $25.83 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $25.83 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $25.83 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $25.83 ↓ -87%
United OptionsPPO $33.38 ↓ -83%
Molina Healthcare HIX $53.65 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $69.54 ↓ -65%
United GlobalAppendix $89.41 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $105.90 ↓ -47%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $158.95 ↓ -20%
Humana PPO $166.94 ↓ -16%
Humana HMO $166.94 ↓ -16%

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Palonosetron hcl at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $354.74 $1.03 – $65.41
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $354.74 $0.84 – $65.41
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $0.35 – $166.94
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $0.50 – $166.94
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,588.88 $26.60 – $26.60
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $540.00 $0.71 – $127.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $540.00 $0.71 – $135.00
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $161.38 $1.56 – $27.59

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