Meropenem 1 gram intravenous solution 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.

$0.38 with TriWest Health Alliance vs $13.50 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.

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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
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $0.38
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $0.38
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $0.63
United AllPayerAppendix $0.63
United SmallGroup $0.63
Superior Health Plan CHIP $0.90
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $0.90
Superior Health Plan STAR $0.90
Superior Health Plan STARKids $0.90
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $0.90
Aetna MCR $0.99
Cigna CSN $1.06
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $1.15
Cigna PPO $1.37
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $1.95
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $1.95
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $1.95
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $1.95
Amerigroup MGMCD $2.10
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $2.10
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $2.49
United OptionsPPO $2.52
Superior EPO $2.63
Superior HMO $2.63
Superior ValueHMO $2.97
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $3.56
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $3.56
Molina Healthcare HIX $4.05
BCBS MyBlueHealth $4.33
CHC Harris Health Indigent $4.50
BCBS Traditional $5.25
BCBS PPO $5.97
BCBS HMO $5.97
BCBS EPOSOA $5.97
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $6.45
United GlobalAppendix $6.75
BCBS BAV $7.45
Coventry National First Health COMM $8.00
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $8.25
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $8.25
Humana PPO $8.67
Humana HMO $8.67
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $9.00
Independent Medical System COMM $9.00
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $9.00
Coastal Comp COMM $9.75
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $11.25
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $12.00
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $12.30
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $12.75
USA Managed Care COMM $12.75
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $12.75
Physicians, INC COMM $12.75
Affiliated PPO COMM $13.50

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Meropenem 1 gram intravenous solution at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $116.29 $8.51 – $8.51
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $107.90 $0.41 – $19.55
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $107.90 $0.41 – $20.70
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $107.90 $0.41 – $17.25
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $107.90 $0.41 – $19.55
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $107.90 $0.41 – $20.70
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $107.90 $0.41 – $20.70
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $107.90 $0.41 – $20.70

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