Tacrolimus 1 mg capsule, immediate-release 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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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.

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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.

$0.19 with Christus (USFHP) vs $23.84 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
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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 $0.19
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $0.19
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $0.33
United SmallGroup $0.33
United AllPayerAppendix $0.33
Cigna CSN $0.36
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $0.39
Cigna PPO $0.47
Superior Health Plan STAR $1.79
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $1.79
Superior Health Plan CHIP $1.79
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $1.79
Superior Health Plan STARKids $1.79
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $3.87
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $3.87
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $3.87
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $3.87
United OptionsPPO $5.01
Humana PPO $6.14
Humana HMO $6.14
BCBS MyBlueHealth $7.11
BCBS BAV $7.84
Oscar HIX $8.01
Molina Healthcare HIX $8.05
BCBS EPOSOA $9.80
BCBS PPO $9.80
BCBS HMO $9.80
BCBS Traditional $10.43
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $10.48
Aetna QHPExchange $10.89
Evry Health BroadNetwork $11.22
Aetna NBPPO $13.19
Aetna NBPOS $13.19
Aetna NBHMO $13.19
United GlobalAppendix $13.41
Aetna COMMPPO $14.05
Aetna COMMPOS $14.05
Aetna COMMHMO $14.05
Coventry National First Health COMM $15.88
Curative Administrators COMM $16.44
Aetna OONHMO $16.48
Aetna OONPOS $16.48
Aetna OONPPO $16.48
Aetna ASAPOS $17.79
Aetna ASAPPO $17.79
Aetna ASAHMO $17.79
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $23.84

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Tacrolimus 1 mg capsule, immediate-release at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $12.25 $0.06 – $0.25
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $12.25 $0.06 – $0.25
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $0.20 – $7.11
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $0.19 – $7.11
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $43.10 $0.11 – $3.43
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $43.10 $0.08 – $0.60
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $43.10 $0.08 – $3.49
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $43.10 $0.11 – $3.43

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