Acetylcysteine 200 mg/ml (20 %) intravenous solution at HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST

6002 FAIRMONT PKWY, PASADENA, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1174576698

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$195.96

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$195.96

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.

$0.45 with Christus (USFHP) vs $176.36 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
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $0.45 ↓ -100%
United SmallGroup $0.61 ↓ -100%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $0.61 ↓ -100%
United AllPayerAppendix $0.61 ↓ -100%
Cigna CSN $0.90 ↓ -100%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $0.97 ↓ -100%
Cigna PPO $1.15 ↓ -99%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $4.25 ↓ -98%
BCBS BAV $4.69 ↓ -98%
BCBS HMO $5.86 ↓ -97%
BCBS PPO $5.86 ↓ -97%
BCBS EPOSOA $5.86 ↓ -97%
Humana HMO $10.42 ↓ -95%
Humana PPO $10.42 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $11.76 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $11.76 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $11.76 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $11.76 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $11.76 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $25.47 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $25.47 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $25.47 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $25.47 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $27.43 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MGMCD $27.43 ↓ -86%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $34.49 ↓ -82%
United OptionsPPO $39.58 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $46.44 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $46.44 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $47.03 ↓ -76%
Molina Healthcare HIX $52.91 ↓ -73%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $58.79 ↓ -70%
BCBS Traditional $68.59 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $84.26 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $88.18 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $104.45 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $107.78 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $107.78 ↓ -45%
Independent Medical System COMM $117.58 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $117.58 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $117.58 ↓ -40%
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $117.58 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $117.58 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $127.37 ↓ -35%
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $146.97 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $156.77 ↓ -20%
Beech Street COMMPPO $156.77 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $160.69 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $166.57 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $166.57 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $176.36 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $176.36 ↓ -10%

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Acetylcysteine 200 mg/ml (20 %) intravenous solution at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $110.18 $8.35 – $8.35
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE $1,170.28 $0.37 – $10.42
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $298.05 $0.96 – $135.26
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $1,012.20 $0.64 – $76.36
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland $1,306.71 $0.45 – $10.42
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $298.05 $0.79 – $135.26
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $298.05 $0.79 – $135.26
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $298.05 $0.79 – $135.26

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