Inj levocarnitine per 1 gm 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

$138.88

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.

$138.88

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.

$8.33 with Superior Health Plan vs $287.52 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 STARKids $8.33 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $8.33 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $8.33 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $8.33 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $8.33 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $18.05 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $18.05 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $18.05 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $18.05 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MGMCD $19.44 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $19.44 ↓ -86%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $24.38 ↓ -82%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $24.44 ↓ -82%
United OptionsPPO $28.05 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $32.91 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $32.91 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $33.33 ↓ -76%
Molina Healthcare HIX $37.50 ↓ -73%
United SmallGroup $38.40 ↓ -72%
United AllPayerAppendix $38.40 ↓ -72%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $38.40 ↓ -72%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $41.66 ↓ -70%
BCBS Traditional $48.61 ↓ -65%
Cigna CSN $58.78 ↓ -58%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $59.72 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $62.50 ↓ -55%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $63.64 ↓ -54%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $64.92 ↓ -53%
BCBS BAV $71.54 ↓ -48%
Coventry National First Health COMM $74.02 ↓ -47%
Cigna PPO $75.78 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $76.38 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $76.38 ↓ -45%
Beech Street WCOMP $83.33 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $83.33 ↓ -40%
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $83.33 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $83.33 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $83.33 ↓ -40%
BCBS EPOSOA $89.42 ↓ -36%
BCBS PPO $89.42 ↓ -36%
BCBS HMO $89.42 ↓ -36%
Coastal Comp COMM $90.27 ↓ -35%
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $104.16 ↓ -25%
Beech Street COMMPPO $111.10 ↓ -20%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $111.10 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $113.88 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $118.05 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $118.05 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $124.99 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $124.99 ↓ -10%
Humana HMO $287.52 ↑ +107%
Humana PPO $287.52 ↑ +107%

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Inj levocarnitine per 1 gm at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $136.62 $25.40 – $193.54
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $136.62 $25.40 – $204.93
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $136.62 $25.40 – $170.78
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $136.62 $25.40 – $193.54
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $136.62 $25.40 – $204.93
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $136.62 $25.40 – $204.93
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $136.62 $25.40 – $204.93
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $136.62 $25.40 – $193.54

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