Dextrose 5 % and lactated ringers intravenous solution 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

$39.90

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$39.90

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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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$2.39 with Superior Health Plan vs $49.58 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

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 $2.39 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $2.39 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $2.39 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $2.39 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $2.39 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $5.19 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $5.19 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $5.19 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $5.19 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $5.59 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MGMCD $5.59 ↓ -86%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $7.02 ↓ -82%
United OptionsPPO $8.06 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $9.46 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $9.46 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $9.58 ↓ -76%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $9.70 ↓ -76%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $9.98 ↓ -75%
United AllPayerAppendix $9.98 ↓ -75%
United SmallGroup $9.98 ↓ -75%
BCBS BAV $10.69 ↓ -73%
Molina Healthcare HIX $10.77 ↓ -73%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $11.97 ↓ -70%
BCBS HMO $13.37 ↓ -66%
BCBS PPO $13.37 ↓ -66%
BCBS EPOSOA $13.37 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $13.96 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $15.96 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $17.16 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $17.95 ↓ -55%
Cigna CSN $19.70 ↓ -51%
Coventry National First Health COMM $21.27 ↓ -47%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $21.33 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $21.95 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $21.95 ↓ -45%
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $23.94 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $23.94 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $23.94 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $23.94 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $23.94 ↓ -40%
Cigna PPO $25.40 ↓ -36%
Coastal Comp COMM $25.93 ↓ -35%
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $29.93 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $31.92 ↓ -20%
Beech Street COMMPPO $31.92 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $32.72 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $33.91 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $33.91 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $35.91 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $35.91 ↓ -10%
Humana HMO $49.58 ↑ +24%
Humana PPO $49.58 ↑ +24%

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Dextrose 5 % and lactated ringers intravenous solution at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $137.39 $19.06 – $19.06
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $389.04 $9.70 – $49.58
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $47.27 $18.51 – $22.61
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $370.65 $9.70 – $49.58
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING $354.45 $9.70 – $49.58
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $10.11 $0.59 – $2.64
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $18.22 $5.45 – $40.61
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $10.11 $0.59 – $2.64

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