Acetazolamide 500 mg solution for injection at HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND

11100 Shadow Creek Pkwy, Pearland, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1609275585

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.

$0.96 with Superior Health Plan vs $141.42 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 $0.96
Superior Health Plan STARKids $0.96
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $0.96
Superior Health Plan CHIP $0.96
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $0.96
Aetna MCR $1.06
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $2.08
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $2.08
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $2.08
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $2.08
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $2.66
United OptionsPPO $2.69
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $3.79
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $3.79
Molina Healthcare HIX $4.32
BCBS Traditional $5.60
United GlobalAppendix $7.20
Coventry National First Health COMM $8.53
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $12.80
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $19.06
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $19.06
Cigna CSN $41.70
United SmallGroup $42.22
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $42.22
United AllPayerAppendix $42.22
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $45.14
BCBS MyBlueHealth $49.33
Cigna PPO $53.76
BCBS BAV $54.37
BCBS HMO $67.96
BCBS PPO $67.96
BCBS EPOSOA $67.96
Humana HMO $141.42
Humana PPO $141.42

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Acetazolamide 500 mg solution for injection at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $246.40 $96.90 – $96.90
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $63.50 $19.06 – $141.42
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $77.80 $12.82 – $58.26
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $152.56 $26.72 – $478.92
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $77.80 $12.82 – $58.26
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $77.80 $12.82 – $58.26
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $77.80 $12.82 – $58.26
St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital Lake Jackson $58.44 $25.05 – $108.52

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