Hydromorphone 0.2 mg/ml in 0.9% nacl IV pca opioid naive - 4 hr dose limit (wrapper) 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

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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.

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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.

$0.14 with Christus (USFHP) vs $16.09 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.

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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
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $0.14
BCBS MyBlueHealth $0.18
BCBS BAV $0.19
Cigna CSN $0.22
United AllPayerAppendix $0.23
United SmallGroup $0.23
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $0.23
BCBS EPOSOA $0.24
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $0.24
BCBS PPO $0.24
BCBS HMO $0.24
Cigna PPO $0.28
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $1.07
Superior Health Plan STARKids $1.07
Superior Health Plan STAR $1.07
Superior Health Plan CHIP $1.07
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $1.07
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $2.32
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $2.32
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $2.32
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $2.32
Amerigroup MGMCD $2.50
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $2.50
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $3.15
United OptionsPPO $3.61
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $4.24
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $4.24
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $4.29
Molina Healthcare HIX $4.83
CHC Harris Health Indigent $5.36
Humana PPO $5.71
Humana HMO $5.71
BCBS Traditional $6.26
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $7.69
United GlobalAppendix $8.05
Coventry National First Health COMM $9.53
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $9.83
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $9.83
Beech Street WCOMP $10.73
Independent Medical System COMM $10.73
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $10.73
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $10.73
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $10.73
Coastal Comp COMM $11.62
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $13.41
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $14.30
Beech Street COMMPPO $14.30
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $14.66
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $15.20
Physicians, INC COMM $15.20
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $16.09
Affiliated PPO COMM $16.09

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