Carboprost tromethamine 250 mcg/ml intramuscular 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

$93.16

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.

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$93.16

Gross charge

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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.

$5.59 with Superior Health Plan vs $49.65 with Coventry National First Health — 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

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 STARKids $5.59 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $5.59 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $5.59 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $5.59 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $5.59 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $12.11 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $12.11 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $12.11 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $12.11 ↓ -87%
Cigna CSN $13.79 ↓ -85%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $14.91 ↓ -84%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $15.19 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $15.46 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $15.65 ↓ -83%
BCBS BAV $16.77 ↓ -82%
Cigna PPO $17.70 ↓ -81%
BCBS HMO $20.96 ↓ -78%
BCBS EPOSOA $21.43 ↓ -77%
BCBS PPO $21.80 ↓ -77%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $22.08 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $22.08 ↓ -76%
United SmallGroup $22.61 ↓ -76%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $22.61 ↓ -76%
United AllPayerAppendix $22.61 ↓ -76%
Humana HMO $29.73 ↓ -68%
Humana PPO $29.73 ↓ -68%
BCBS Traditional $32.61 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $37.26 ↓ -60%
United GlobalAppendix $41.92 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $49.65 ↓ -47%

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Carboprost tromethamine 250 mcg/ml intramuscular solution at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $581.70 $22.61 – $22.61
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $1,182.91 not published
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE $429.01 $22.61 – $98.78
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $726.58 $22.61 – $98.78
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA $437.68 $22.61 – $22.61
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $1,915.00 $22.61 – $98.78
Covenant Medical Center Lubbock $1,182.91 not published
Covenant Hospital Plainview Plainview $1,182.91 not published

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