Colistimethate sodium inj 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

$21.77

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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.

$21.77

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.

$1.31 with Superior Health Plan vs $172.01 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 CHIP $1.31 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $1.31 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $1.31 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $1.31 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $1.31 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $2.83 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $2.83 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $2.83 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $2.83 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MGMCD $3.05 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $3.05 ↓ -86%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $3.83 ↓ -82%
United OptionsPPO $4.40 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $5.16 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $5.16 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $5.22 ↓ -76%
Molina Healthcare HIX $5.88 ↓ -73%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $6.53 ↓ -70%
BCBS Traditional $7.62 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $9.36 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $9.80 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $11.60 ↓ -47%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $11.94 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $11.97 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $11.97 ↓ -45%
Beech Street WCOMP $13.06 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $13.06 ↓ -40%
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $13.06 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $13.06 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $13.06 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $14.15 ↓ -35%
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $16.33 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $17.42 ↓ -20%
Beech Street COMMPPO $17.42 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $17.85 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $18.50 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $18.50 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $19.59 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $19.59 ↓ -10%
United SmallGroup $19.93 ↓ -8%
United AllPayerAppendix $19.93 ↓ -8%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $19.93 ↓ -8%
Cigna CSN $27.56 ↑ +27%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $29.84 ↑ +37%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $31.61 ↑ +45%
BCBS BAV $34.84 ↑ +60%
Cigna PPO $35.54 ↑ +63%
BCBS HMO $43.55 ↑ +100%
BCBS PPO $43.55 ↑ +100%
BCBS EPOSOA $43.55 ↑ +100%
Humana PPO $172.01 ↑ +690%
Humana HMO $172.01 ↑ +690%

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Colistimethate sodium inj at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $209.79 $11.94 – $172.01
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $88.52 $39.86 – $64.40
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE $74.82 $12.08 – $172.01
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $31.96 $14.52 – $67.67
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $164.85 $9.07 – $58.32
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $31.96 $14.89 – $67.67
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $31.96 $14.89 – $67.67
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $31.96 $14.89 – $67.67

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