Iopamidol 250 mg iodine/ml (51 %) 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

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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.

$0.41 with Superior Health Plan vs $6.12 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
Superior Health Plan STAR $0.41
Superior Health Plan STARKids $0.41
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $0.41
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $0.41
Superior Health Plan CHIP $0.41
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $0.41
BCBS MyBlueHealth $0.55
BCBS BAV $0.60
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $0.66
United SmallGroup $0.66
United AllPayerAppendix $0.66
BCBS EPOSOA $0.76
BCBS PPO $0.76
BCBS HMO $0.76
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $0.88
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $0.88
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $0.88
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $0.88
Amerigroup MGMCD $0.95
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $0.95
Cigna CSN $1.09
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $1.18
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $1.20
United OptionsPPO $1.37
Cigna PPO $1.40
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $1.61
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $1.61
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $1.63
Molina Healthcare HIX $1.84
CHC Harris Health Indigent $2.04
BCBS Traditional $2.38
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $2.92
United GlobalAppendix $3.06
Humana HMO $3.31
Humana PPO $3.31
Coventry National First Health COMM $3.62
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $3.74
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $3.74
Beech Street WCOMP $4.08
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $4.08
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $4.08
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $4.08
Independent Medical System COMM $4.08
Coastal Comp COMM $4.42
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $5.10
Beech Street COMMPPO $5.44
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $5.44
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $5.58
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $5.78
Physicians, INC COMM $5.78
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $6.12
Affiliated PPO COMM $6.12

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Iopamidol 250 mg iodine/ml (51 %) intravenous solution at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $492.98 $1.08 – $1.08
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $41.10 $1.05 – $1.56
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $89.85 $0.22 – $1.00
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $9.12 $0.60 – $15.17
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $89.85 $0.22 – $1.00
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $89.85 $0.22 – $1.00
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $89.85 $0.22 – $1.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $89.85 $0.22 – $1.00

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