Cefotaxime sodium injection at HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST
6002 FAIRMONT PKWY, PASADENA, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1174576698
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Cash price 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 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.
$0.95 with Superior Health Plan vs $31.20 with Cigna — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $0.95 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $0.95 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $0.95 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $0.95 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $0.95 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $2.06 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $2.06 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $2.06 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $2.06 | — |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $2.22 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $2.22 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $2.79 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $3.21 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $3.76 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $3.76 | — |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $3.81 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $4.06 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $4.28 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $4.47 | — |
| CHC Harris Health | Indigent | $4.76 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $5.55 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $5.59 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $5.59 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $5.59 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $6.35 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $6.82 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $7.14 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $8.46 | — |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $8.73 | — |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $8.73 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $9.52 | — |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $9.52 | — |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $9.52 | — |
| Prime Health Services | WORKERSCOMP | $9.52 | — |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $9.52 | — |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $10.32 | — |
| Fiesta Mart, Inc | COMM | $11.90 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $12.13 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $12.13 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $12.13 | — |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $12.70 | — |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $12.70 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $13.01 | — |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $13.49 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $13.49 | — |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $14.28 | — |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $14.28 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $14.90 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $14.90 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $24.20 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $26.20 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $31.20 | — |
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Cefotaxime sodium injection at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | $207.01 | $4.06 – $24.20 |
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $22.14 | $1.86 – $60.85 |
| St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin | Lufkin | $190.88 | $4.43 – $35.06 |
| St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital | Spring | $22.14 | $2.26 – $60.85 |
| St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital | Sugar Land | $22.14 | $2.26 – $60.85 |
| St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital | The Woodlands | $22.14 | $2.26 – $60.85 |
| St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital | Lake Jackson | $8.82 | $3.01 – $16.38 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $22.14 | $2.26 – $60.85 |