Zidovudine, oral, 100 mg 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

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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.

$0.57 with BCBS vs $13.15 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
BCBS MyBlueHealth $0.57
BCBS PPO $0.78
BCBS HMO $0.78
BCBS EPOSOA $0.78
Superior Health Plan STAR $0.82
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $0.82
Superior Health Plan STARKids $0.82
Superior Health Plan CHIP $0.82
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $0.82
BCBS BAV $0.98
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $1.79
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $1.79
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $1.79
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $1.79
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $2.28
United OptionsPPO $2.31
Superior EPO $2.41
Superior HMO $2.41
Oscar HIX $2.68
Superior ValueHMO $2.72
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $3.26
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $3.26
Aetna QHPExchange $3.31
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $3.51
Molina Healthcare HIX $3.71
Cigna CSN $3.75
Evry Health BroadNetwork $3.75
Aetna NBHMO $4.01
Aetna NBPPO $4.01
Aetna NBPOS $4.01
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $4.06
Aetna COMMPOS $4.28
Aetna COMMPPO $4.28
Aetna COMMHMO $4.28
BCBS Traditional $4.81
Cigna PPO $4.84
Aetna OONPPO $5.03
Aetna OONHMO $5.03
Aetna OONPOS $5.03
Aetna ASAPOS $5.45
Aetna ASAHMO $5.45
Aetna ASAPPO $5.45
Curative Administrators COMM $5.50
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $5.50
United GlobalAppendix $6.19
Coventry National First Health COMM $7.33
Humana PPO $13.15
Humana HMO $13.15

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Zidovudine, oral, 100 mg at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $75.98 $0.57 – $13.15
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $13.22 $0.57 – $13.15
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA $4.08 $0.57 – $13.15
MEDICAL CITY DALLAS HOSPITAL Dallas $87.04 $0.81 – $9.66
MEDICAL CITY ALLIANCE HOSPITAL SAGINAW $26.43 $1.00 – $9.66
MEDICAL CITY ARLINGTON HOSPITAL RED OAK $5.80 $1.00 – $9.66
MEDICAL CITY FRISCO HOSPITAL Frisco $11.35 $0.96 – $9.66
MEDICAL CITY LAS COLINAS HOSPITAL Irving $78.15 $1.00 – $9.66

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