Zidovudine in d5w IV syringe 4 mg/ml (neo/peds) - cnr 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.

$1.00 with Superior Health Plan vs $14.71 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
Superior Health Plan STAR $1.00
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $1.00
Superior Health Plan STARKids $1.00
Superior Health Plan CHIP $1.00
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $1.00
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $1.51
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1.51
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $2.16
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $2.16
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $2.16
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $2.16
United AllPayerAppendix $2.49
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $2.49
United SmallGroup $2.49
BCBS MyBlueHealth $2.78
United OptionsPPO $2.80
BCBS BAV $3.07
Cigna CSN $3.65
BCBS HMO $3.83
BCBS PPO $3.83
BCBS EPOSOA $3.83
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $3.96
Molina Healthcare HIX $4.50
Cigna PPO $4.71
BCBS Traditional $5.83
United GlobalAppendix $7.49
Coventry National First Health COMM $8.87
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $13.32
Humana HMO $14.71
Humana PPO $14.71

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Zidovudine in d5w IV syringe 4 mg/ml (neo/peds) - cnr at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $60.86 $1.28 – $162.83
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $60.86 $1.55 – $162.83
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $1.51 – $14.71
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $1.51 – $14.71
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $108.12 $1.43 – $135.15
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $108.12 $1.66 – $162.18
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $108.12 $1.43 – $135.15
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $108.12 $1.43 – $135.15

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