Inj heparin, pfizer, 1000u 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

$11.69

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.

$11.69

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.

$0.65 with BCBS vs $9.94 with Multiplan — 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 $0.65 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $0.70 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $0.70 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $0.70 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $0.70 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $0.70 ↓ -94%
BCBS HMO $0.89 ↓ -92%
BCBS PPO $0.89 ↓ -92%
BCBS EPOSOA $0.89 ↓ -92%
BCBS BAV $1.11 ↓ -91%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $1.52 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $1.52 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $1.52 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $1.52 ↓ -87%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $2.10 ↓ -82%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $2.10 ↓ -82%
United OptionsPPO $2.36 ↓ -80%
Molina Healthcare HIX $3.16 ↓ -73%
United AllPayerAppendix $3.47 ↓ -70%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $3.47 ↓ -70%
United SmallGroup $3.47 ↓ -70%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $3.51 ↓ -70%
BCBS Traditional $4.09 ↓ -65%
United GlobalAppendix $5.26 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $6.23 ↓ -47%
Cigna CSN $7.28 ↓ -38%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $7.89 ↓ -33%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $8.77 ↓ -25%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $9.35 ↓ -20%
Cigna PPO $9.39 ↓ -20%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $9.94 ↓ -15%

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Inj heparin, pfizer, 1000u at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $36.60 $1.26 – $51.85
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $36.60 $1.26 – $54.90
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $36.60 $1.26 – $54.90
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $36.60 $1.26 – $54.90
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