Calcium acetate(phosphate binders) 667 mg tablet 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

$9.54

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.

$9.54

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.

$0.04 with BCBS vs $600.00 with Texas Athletic Network — 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 $0.04 ↓ -100%
BCBS BAV $0.04 ↓ -100%
BCBS HMO $0.05 ↓ -99%
BCBS PPO $0.05 ↓ -99%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $0.05 ↓ -99%
Cigna CSN $0.05 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $0.05 ↓ -99%
BCBS EPOSOA $0.05 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $0.05 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $0.05 ↓ -99%
Cigna PPO $0.06 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $0.57 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $0.57 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $0.57 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $0.57 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $0.57 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $1.24 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $1.24 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $1.24 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $1.24 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MGMCD $1.34 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $1.34 ↓ -86%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $1.68 ↓ -82%
Oscar HIX $1.86 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $1.93 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $2.26 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $2.26 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $2.29 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $2.43 ↓ -75%
Aetna QHPExchange $2.53 ↓ -73%
Molina Healthcare HIX $2.58 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $2.60 ↓ -73%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $2.86 ↓ -70%
Humana PPO $3.04 ↓ -68%
Humana HMO $3.04 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPOS $3.06 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBHMO $3.06 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPPO $3.06 ↓ -68%
Aetna COMMPOS $3.26 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMHMO $3.26 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMPPO $3.26 ↓ -66%
Imagine Health PPO $3.34 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $3.34 ↓ -65%
Curative Administrators COMM $3.82 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $3.82 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPOS $3.83 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONHMO $3.83 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPPO $3.83 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $4.10 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAHMO $4.13 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPOS $4.13 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPPO $4.13 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $4.29 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $4.29 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $4.29 ↓ -55%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $4.77 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $5.08 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $5.25 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $5.25 ↓ -45%
Beech Street WCOMP $5.72 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $5.72 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $5.72 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $5.72 ↓ -40%
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $5.72 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $6.20 ↓ -35%
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $7.15 ↓ -25%
Beech Street COMMPPO $7.63 ↓ -20%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $7.63 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $7.82 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $8.11 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $8.11 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $8.59 ↓ -10%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $8.59 ↓ -10%
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00 ↑ +3045%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↑ +5141%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↑ +6189%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $5.09 $0.04 – $0.05
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland $6.61 $0.04 – $0.05
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $5.40 $0.04 – $0.05
Ascension Seton Cedar Park Hospital Cedar Park $0.20 $0.07 – $0.07
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $0.04 – $0.05
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $0.04 – $0.05
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $0.04 – $0.05
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $0.04 – $0.05

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