Prednisolone sodium phosphate 15 mg/5 ml (3 mg/ml) oral solution 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

$111.25

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.

$111.25

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.

$0.37 with BCBS vs $50.06 with United — 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
BCBS MyBlueHealth $0.37 ↓ -100%
BCBS BAV $0.41 ↓ -100%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $0.48 ↓ -100%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $0.48 ↓ -100%
BCBS HMO $0.51 ↓ -100%
BCBS EPOSOA $0.51 ↓ -100%
BCBS PPO $0.51 ↓ -100%
Humana HMO $0.58 ↓ -99%
Humana PPO $0.58 ↓ -99%
Cigna CSN $0.65 ↓ -99%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $0.71 ↓ -99%
Cigna PPO $0.84 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $1.52 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $1.52 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1.52 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan STAR $6.67 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $6.67 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $6.67 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $6.67 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $6.67 ↓ -94%
Aetna MCR $7.38 ↓ -93%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $14.46 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $14.46 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $14.46 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $14.46 ↓ -87%
United OptionsPPO $18.69 ↓ -83%
Molina Healthcare HIX $30.04 ↓ -73%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $33.38 ↓ -70%
BCBS Traditional $38.94 ↓ -65%
Coventry National First Health COMM $40.49 ↓ -64%
United GlobalAppendix $50.06 ↓ -55%

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Prednisolone sodium phosphate 15 mg/5 ml (3 mg/ml) oral solution at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $117.78 $0.37 – $1.52
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $25.67 $0.06 – $0.25
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $62.00 $0.37 – $1.52
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $25.67 $0.06 – $0.25
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $58.63 $0.73 – $0.73
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $63.65 $0.81 – $51.17
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $63.65 $0.81 – $54.18
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $63.65 $0.81 – $45.15

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