Clonidine (pf) 1,000 mcg/10 ml (100 mcg/ml) epidural solution at HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST

621 RAYFORD RD, SPRING, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1740450121

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$2,855.12

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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.

$2,855.12

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.

$16.20 with TriWest Health Alliance vs $1,521.78 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
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $16.20 ↓ -99%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $16.20 ↓ -99%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $26.56 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $28.43 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $28.43 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $28.43 ↓ -99%
BCBS PPO $36.59 ↓ -99%
BCBS EPOSOA $36.59 ↓ -99%
BCBS HMO $36.59 ↓ -99%
Cigna CSN $42.76 ↓ -99%
BCBS BAV $45.66 ↓ -98%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $46.30 ↓ -98%
Cigna PPO $55.13 ↓ -98%
Humana PPO $130.91 ↓ -95%
Humana HMO $130.91 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $171.31 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $171.31 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $171.31 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $171.31 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $171.31 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $371.17 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $371.17 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $371.17 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $371.17 ↓ -87%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $473.95 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $479.66 ↓ -83%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $676.66 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $676.66 ↓ -76%
Molina Healthcare HIX $770.88 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $999.29 ↓ -65%
United GlobalAppendix $1,284.80 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,521.78 ↓ -47%

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Clonidine (pf) 1,000 mcg/10 ml (100 mcg/ml) epidural solution at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $29.36 $13.81 – $62.73
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $36.14 $52.17 – $52.17
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $567.00 $16.20 – $130.91
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $195.36 $16.20 – $130.91
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $126.50 $50.68 – $73.23
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE $131.63 $17.23 – $130.91
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $29.36 $12.20 – $62.73
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $28.53 $16.74 – $146.70

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