Vancomycin 750 mg 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

$62.75

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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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$62.75

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.

$0.17 with United vs $50.20 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

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
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $0.17 ↓ -100%
United AllPayerAppendix $0.17 ↓ -100%
United SmallGroup $0.17 ↓ -100%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $0.25 ↓ -100%
BCBS BAV $0.28 ↓ -100%
Cigna CSN $0.29 ↓ -100%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $0.31 ↓ -100%
BCBS EPOSOA $0.35 ↓ -99%
BCBS PPO $0.35 ↓ -99%
BCBS HMO $0.35 ↓ -99%
Cigna PPO $0.37 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $3.77 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $3.77 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $3.77 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $3.77 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $3.77 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $8.16 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $8.16 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $8.16 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $8.16 ↓ -87%
United OptionsPPO $10.54 ↓ -83%
Molina Healthcare HIX $16.94 ↓ -73%
Humana HMO $20.02 ↓ -68%
Humana PPO $20.02 ↓ -68%
BCBS Traditional $21.96 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $25.10 ↓ -60%
United GlobalAppendix $28.24 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $33.45 ↓ -47%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $50.20 ↓ -20%

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Vancomycin 750 mg intravenous solution at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $32.19 $20.23 – $91.95
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $121.52 $0.10 – $0.29
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $32.19 $20.23 – $91.95
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $0.17 – $0.29
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $89.83 $0.11 – $86.05
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $89.83 $0.11 – $91.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $89.83 $0.11 – $75.93
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $89.83 $0.11 – $86.05

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