Alteplase 100 mg infusion from pyxis vial 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

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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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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.

$30.05 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 $30.05
Superior Health Plan CHIP $30.05
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $30.05
Superior Health Plan STAR $30.05
Superior Health Plan STARKids $30.05
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $65.10
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $65.10
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $65.10
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $65.10
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $70.11
Amerigroup MGMCD $70.11
BCBS MyBlueHealth $73.79
BCBS BAV $81.32
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $88.13
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $91.46
United OptionsPPO $101.15
BCBS HMO $101.66
BCBS PPO $101.66
BCBS EPOSOA $101.66
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $118.68
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $118.68
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $120.18
United AllPayerAppendix $154.82
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $154.82
United SmallGroup $154.82
BCBS Traditional $175.27
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $215.33
United GlobalAppendix $225.34
Cigna CSN $227.84
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $246.67
Coventry National First Health COMM $266.91
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $275.42
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $275.42
Cigna PPO $293.75
Independent Medical System COMM $300.46
Beech Street WCOMP $300.46
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $300.46
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $300.46
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $300.46
Coastal Comp COMM $325.49
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $375.57
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $400.61
Beech Street COMMPPO $400.61
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $410.62
Physicians, INC COMM $425.65
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $425.65
Affiliated PPO COMM $450.68
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $450.68
Humana HMO $854.98
Humana PPO $854.98

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Alteplase 100 mg infusion from pyxis vial at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $205.10 $41.04 – $426.04
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $766.25 $144.95 – $144.95
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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