Alteplase 100 mg infusion from pyxis vial at HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD

5324 ATASCOCITA RD, HUMBLE, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1811942238

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published May 14, 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.

$55.27 with Superior Health Plan vs $854.98 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 STARPLUS $55.27
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $55.27
Superior Health Plan STAR $55.27
Superior Health Plan STARKids $55.27
Superior Health Plan CHIP $55.27
BCBS MyBlueHealth $73.79
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $93.83
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $93.83
BCBS EPOSOA $101.66
BCBS PPO $101.66
BCBS HMO $101.66
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $119.74
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $119.74
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $119.74
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $119.74
BCBS BAV $126.88
Amerigroup MGMCD $128.96
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $128.96
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $152.90
United OptionsPPO $154.75
United AllPayerAppendix $154.82
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $154.82
United SmallGroup $154.82
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $218.30
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $218.30
Cigna CSN $227.84
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $246.67
Cigna PPO $293.75
BCBS Traditional $322.39
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $396.08
United GlobalAppendix $414.50
Coventry National First Health COMM $490.95
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $506.61
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $506.61
Independent Medical System COMM $552.67
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $552.67
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $552.67
Coastal Comp COMM $598.72
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $690.83
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $755.31
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $782.94
Physicians, INC COMM $782.94
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $782.94
USA Managed Care COMM $782.94
Affiliated PPO COMM $829.00
Humana PPO $854.98
Humana HMO $854.98

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Alteplase 100 mg infusion from pyxis vial at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $766.25 $144.95 – $144.95
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $205.10 $41.04 – $426.04
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $21,753.62 $33.89 – $1,427.34
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $1,501.57 $18.74 – $132.35
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $21,753.62 $41.04 – $1,427.34
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $21,753.62 $41.04 – $1,427.34
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $1,501.57 $25.00 – $125.00
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $21,753.62 $41.04 – $1,427.34

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