Darbepoetin alfa 100 mcg/0.5 ml in polysorbate injection syringe 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.
$2.92 with Christus (USFHP) vs $3,509.98 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.
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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| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $2.92 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $3.65 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $4.02 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $4.98 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $4.98 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $4.98 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $5.02 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $5.02 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $5.02 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $7.04 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $7.62 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $9.08 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $36.72 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $36.72 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $234.00 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $234.00 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $234.00 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $234.00 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $234.00 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $507.00 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $507.00 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $507.00 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $507.00 | — |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $546.00 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $546.00 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $686.40 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $787.80 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $924.30 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $924.30 | — |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $936.00 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $1,364.99 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $1,676.99 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $1,754.99 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $2,078.69 | — |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $2,144.99 | — |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $2,144.99 | — |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $2,339.99 | — |
| Prime Health Services | WORKERSCOMP | $2,339.99 | — |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $2,339.99 | — |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $2,339.99 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $2,339.99 | — |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $2,534.99 | — |
| Fiesta Mart, Inc | COMM | $2,924.99 | — |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $3,119.98 | — |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $3,119.98 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $3,197.98 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $3,314.98 | — |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $3,314.98 | — |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $3,509.98 | — |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $3,509.98 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | not published by hospital | — |
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Darbepoetin alfa 100 mcg/0.5 ml in polysorbate injection syringe at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $11,880.86 | $7.16 – $7.16 |
| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | $4,673.41 | $6.96 – $11.13 |
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $3,903.74 | $1.67 – $843.79 |
| St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital | Spring | $3,903.74 | $2.03 – $843.79 |
| St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital | Sugar Land | $3,903.74 | $2.03 – $843.79 |
| St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital | The Woodlands | $3,903.74 | $2.03 – $843.79 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $3,903.74 | $2.03 – $843.79 |
| Covenant Hospital Plainview | Plainview | $1,417.66 | $2.98 – $3.24 |