Heparin, porcine (pf) 10 unit/ml flush (wrapper) at HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD
5324 ATASCOCITA RD, HUMBLE, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1811942238
$61.74
Cash price 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.
$61.74
Gross charge 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.
$0.02 with TriWest Health Alliance vs $55.57 with Affiliated PPO — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $0.02 | ↓ -100% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $0.02 | ↓ -100% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $0.03 | ↓ -100% |
| United | SmallGroup | $0.03 | ↓ -100% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $0.03 | ↓ -100% |
| Cigna | CSN | $0.05 | ↓ -100% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $0.05 | ↓ -100% |
| Cigna | PPO | $0.06 | ↓ -100% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $0.06 | ↓ -100% |
| BCBS | HMO | $0.08 | ↓ -100% |
| BCBS | PPO | $0.08 | ↓ -100% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $0.08 | ↓ -100% |
| BCBS | BAV | $0.10 | ↓ -100% |
| Humana | PPO | $2.05 | ↓ -97% |
| Humana | HMO | $2.05 | ↓ -97% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $3.70 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $3.70 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $3.70 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $3.70 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $3.70 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | MCR | $4.09 | ↓ -93% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $8.03 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $8.03 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $8.03 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $8.03 | ↓ -87% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $8.64 | ↓ -86% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $8.64 | ↓ -86% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $10.25 | ↓ -83% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $10.37 | ↓ -83% |
| Superior | EPO | $10.80 | ↓ -83% |
| Superior | HMO | $10.80 | ↓ -83% |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $12.22 | ↓ -80% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $14.63 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $14.63 | ↓ -76% |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $16.67 | ↓ -73% |
| CHC Harris Health | Indigent | $18.52 | ↓ -70% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $21.61 | ↓ -65% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $26.55 | ↓ -57% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $27.78 | ↓ -55% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $32.91 | ↓ -47% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $33.96 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $33.96 | ↓ -45% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $37.04 | ↓ -40% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $37.04 | ↓ -40% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $37.04 | ↓ -40% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $40.13 | ↓ -35% |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $46.30 | ↓ -25% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | Veterans | $49.39 | ↓ -20% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $50.63 | ↓ -18% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $52.48 | ↓ -15% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $52.48 | ↓ -15% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $52.48 | ↓ -15% |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $52.48 | ↓ -15% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $55.57 | ↓ -10% |
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Heparin, porcine (pf) 10 unit/ml flush (wrapper) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $30.12 | $0.12 – $0.12 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | $65.44 | $0.02 – $2.05 |
| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | $56.70 | $0.07 – $0.12 |
| HCA HOUSTON CONROE | CONROE | $32.05 | $0.02 – $2.05 |
| HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST | SPRING | $61.65 | $0.02 – $2.05 |
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $28.84 | $0.03 – $54.75 |
| St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin | Lufkin | $281.97 | $0.02 – $35.06 |
| St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital | Spring | $28.84 | $0.03 – $54.75 |