Sincalide 5 mcg solution for injection at HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER
1313 Hermann Dr, Houston, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1073043592
$952.97
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.
$952.97
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.
$57.18 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,021.34 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $57.18 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $57.18 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $57.18 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $57.18 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $57.18 | ↓ -94% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $123.89 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $123.89 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $123.89 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $123.89 | ↓ -87% |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $143.26 | ↓ -85% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $143.26 | ↓ -85% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $160.10 | ↓ -83% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $181.71 | ↓ -81% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $181.71 | ↓ -81% |
| United | SmallGroup | $181.71 | ↓ -81% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $198.29 | ↓ -79% |
| BCBS | BAV | $218.53 | ↓ -77% |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $257.30 | ↓ -73% |
| BCBS | HMO | $273.16 | ↓ -71% |
| BCBS | PPO | $273.16 | ↓ -71% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $273.16 | ↓ -71% |
| Cigna | CSN | $329.05 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $333.54 | ↓ -65% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $356.24 | ↓ -63% |
| Cigna | PPO | $424.23 | ↓ -55% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $428.84 | ↓ -55% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $507.93 | ↓ -47% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | FED | $762.38 | ↓ -20% |
| Humana | HMO | $1,021.34 | ↑ +7% |
| Humana | PPO | $1,021.34 | ↑ +7% |
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Sincalide 5 mcg solution for injection at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $195.02 | $86.67 – $321.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $195.02 | $83.46 – $321.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | $1,664.42 | $143.26 – $1,021.34 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | not published | $110.13 – $1,021.34 |
| HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE | FRIENDSWOOD | $912.87 | $143.26 – $1,021.34 |
| HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD | HUMBLE | $1,695.83 | $110.13 – $1,021.34 |
| HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST | SPRING | $1,591.47 | $143.26 – $1,021.34 |
| St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin | Lufkin | $47.70 | $44.52 – $286.16 |