Zidovudine, oral, 100 mg 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

$4.08

Cash price

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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.

$4.08

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.

$0.24 with Superior Health Plan vs $13.15 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 STAR $0.24 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $0.24 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $0.24 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $0.24 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $0.24 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $0.53 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $0.53 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $0.53 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $0.53 ↓ -87%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $0.57 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MGMCD $0.57 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $0.57 ↓ -86%
BCBS BAV $0.63 ↓ -85%
Superior HMO $0.71 ↓ -83%
Superior EPO $0.71 ↓ -83%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $0.72 ↓ -82%
BCBS PPO $0.78 ↓ -81%
BCBS HMO $0.78 ↓ -81%
BCBS EPOSOA $0.78 ↓ -81%
Superior ValueHMO $0.81 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $0.82 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $0.97 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $0.97 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $0.98 ↓ -76%
Molina Healthcare HIX $1.10 ↓ -73%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $1.22 ↓ -70%
BCBS Traditional $1.43 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1.63 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $1.75 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $1.84 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $2.17 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $2.24 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $2.24 ↓ -45%
Independent Medical System COMM $2.45 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $2.45 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $2.45 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $2.45 ↓ -40%
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $2.45 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $2.65 ↓ -35%
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $3.06 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $3.26 ↓ -20%
Beech Street COMMPPO $3.26 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $3.35 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $3.47 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $3.47 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $3.67 ↓ -10%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $3.67 ↓ -10%
Cigna CSN $3.75 ↓ -8%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $4.06 ↓ -0%
Cigna PPO $4.84 ↑ +19%
Humana HMO $13.15 ↑ +222%
Humana PPO $13.15 ↑ +222%

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Zidovudine, oral, 100 mg at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $75.98 $0.57 – $13.15
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $13.22 $0.57 – $13.15
MEDICAL CITY DALLAS HOSPITAL Dallas $87.04 $0.81 – $9.66
MEDICAL CITY ALLIANCE HOSPITAL SAGINAW $26.43 $1.00 – $9.66
MEDICAL CITY ARLINGTON HOSPITAL RED OAK $5.80 $1.00 – $9.66
MEDICAL CITY FRISCO HOSPITAL Frisco $11.35 $0.96 – $9.66
MEDICAL CITY LAS COLINAS HOSPITAL Irving $78.15 $1.00 – $9.66
MEDICAL CITY MCKINNEY HOSPITAL McKinney $39.42 $1.00 – $9.66

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