Ondansetron 8 mg disintegrating tablet 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.

$0.01 with TriWest Health Alliance vs $0.62 with BCBS — 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
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $0.01
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $0.01
Cigna CSN $0.02
United AllPayerAppendix $0.02
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $0.02
United SmallGroup $0.02
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $0.03
Cigna PPO $0.03
Humana PPO $0.19
Humana HMO $0.19
BCBS MyBlueHealth $0.45
BCBS BAV $0.50
BCBS EPOSOA $0.62
BCBS HMO $0.62
BCBS PPO $0.62

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Ondansetron 8 mg disintegrating tablet at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $70.15 $0.04 – $0.92
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $29.44 $0.02 – $0.25
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $29.44 $0.01 – $0.25
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $29.44 $0.01 – $0.25
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $29.44 $0.01 – $0.25
St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital Lake Jackson $35.00 $0.01 – $65.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $29.44 $0.01 – $0.25
Covenant Medical Center Lubbock $11.24 $0.04 – $1.00

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