Penicillin g benzathine 1,200,000 unit/2 ml intramuscular syringe at HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL

5003 CYPRESS CREEK PKWY, HOUSTON, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1750819025

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.

$7.53 with Superior Health Plan vs $135.39 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 STARKids $7.53
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $7.53
Superior Health Plan CHIP $7.53
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $7.53
Superior Health Plan STAR $7.53
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $16.32
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $16.32
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $16.32
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $16.32
United OptionsPPO $21.09
BCBS MyBlueHealth $24.70
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $26.98
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $26.98
BCBS BAV $27.22
BCBS PPO $34.02
BCBS HMO $34.02
BCBS EPOSOA $34.02
BCBS Traditional $43.94
Coventry National First Health COMM $45.70
United AllPayerAppendix $52.75
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $52.75
United SmallGroup $52.75
United GlobalAppendix $56.50
Cigna CSN $70.91
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $76.77
Cigna PPO $91.42
Humana PPO $135.39
Humana HMO $135.39

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Penicillin g benzathine 1,200,000 unit/2 ml intramuscular syringe at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $785.09 $11.34 – $620.23
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $785.09 $13.73 – $620.23
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $24.70 – $135.39
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $24.70 – $135.39
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $3,479.76 $48.51 – $48.51
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $1,562.96 $47.12 – $102.55
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING $1,587.28 $24.70 – $135.39
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $68.35 $1.02 – $22.01

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