Morphine 4 mg/ml injection (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 BCBS vs $31.83 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
BCBS MyBlueHealth $0.14
BCBS BAV $0.15
BCBS HMO $0.19
BCBS EPOSOA $0.19
BCBS PPO $0.19
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $2.12
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $2.12
Superior Health Plan CHIP $2.12
Superior Health Plan STAR $2.12
Superior Health Plan STARKids $2.12
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $4.60
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $4.60
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $4.60
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $4.60
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $4.63
Amerigroup MGMCD $4.95
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $4.95
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $5.02
United AllPayerAppendix $5.02
United SmallGroup $5.02
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $6.23
United OptionsPPO $7.14
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $8.38
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $8.38
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $8.49
Molina Healthcare HIX $9.55
CHC Harris Health Indigent $10.61
Cigna CSN $11.01
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $11.92
BCBS Traditional $12.38
Cigna PPO $14.20
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $15.21
United GlobalAppendix $15.92
Coventry National First Health COMM $18.85
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $19.45
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $19.45
Beech Street WCOMP $21.22
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $21.22
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $21.22
Independent Medical System COMM $21.22
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $21.22
Humana HMO $22.30
Humana PPO $22.30
Coastal Comp COMM $22.99
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $26.53
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $28.30
Beech Street COMMPPO $28.30
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $29.00
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $30.06
Physicians, INC COMM $30.06
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $31.83
Affiliated PPO COMM $31.83

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Morphine 4 mg/ml injection (wrapper) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $18.38 $0.08 – $6.54
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $146.64 $0.26 – $17.75
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $86.76 $0.06 – $49.86
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $221.04 $0.15 – $35.06
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $86.76 $0.08 – $49.86
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $86.76 $0.08 – $49.86
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $86.76 $0.08 – $49.86
St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital Lake Jackson $57.33 $0.14 – $10.92

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