Azithromycin 500 mg intravenous solution 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

$976.06

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.

$976.06

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.

$2.22 with Christus (USFHP) vs $780.85 with TriWest Healthcare Alliance — 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
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $2.22 ↓ -100%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $2.22 ↓ -100%
United AllPayerAppendix $3.37 ↓ -100%
United SmallGroup $3.37 ↓ -100%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $3.37 ↓ -100%
Cigna CSN $6.32 ↓ -99%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $6.84 ↓ -99%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $8.13 ↓ -99%
Cigna PPO $8.14 ↓ -99%
BCBS BAV $8.96 ↓ -99%
BCBS EPOSOA $11.21 ↓ -99%
BCBS PPO $11.21 ↓ -99%
BCBS HMO $11.21 ↓ -99%
Humana HMO $27.76 ↓ -97%
Humana PPO $27.76 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $58.56 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $58.56 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $58.56 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $58.56 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $58.56 ↓ -94%
Aetna MCR $64.71 ↓ -93%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $126.89 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $126.89 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $126.89 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $126.89 ↓ -87%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $162.03 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $163.98 ↓ -83%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $231.33 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $231.33 ↓ -76%
Molina Healthcare HIX $263.54 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $341.62 ↓ -65%
United GlobalAppendix $439.23 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $520.24 ↓ -47%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $780.85 ↓ -20%

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Azithromycin 500 mg intravenous solution at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $101.40 $15.98 – $15.98
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $69.30 $9.15 – $16.57
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $27.34 $3.73 – $54.70
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $99.46 $2.33 – $72.89
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $27.34 $3.04 – $54.70
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $27.34 $3.04 – $54.70
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $27.34 $3.04 – $54.70
St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital Lake Jackson $43.26 $2.37 – $45.05

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