Albumin, human 5 % 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

$1,970.65

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$1,970.65

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.

$10.49 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $1,576.52 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

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
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $10.49 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $10.49 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $10.49 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $10.49 ↓ -99%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $10.62 ↓ -99%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $10.62 ↓ -99%
United MGMCD $10.70 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $11.33 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $17.52 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $17.52 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $17.52 ↓ -99%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $24.38 ↓ -99%
BCBS BAV $26.87 ↓ -99%
BCBS PPO $33.59 ↓ -98%
BCBS EPOSOA $33.59 ↓ -98%
BCBS HMO $33.59 ↓ -98%
Aetna QHPExchange $51.19 ↓ -97%
Aetna NBPOS $68.07 ↓ -97%
Aetna NBPPO $68.07 ↓ -97%
Aetna NBHMO $68.07 ↓ -97%
Aetna COMMPOS $72.32 ↓ -96%
Aetna COMMPPO $72.32 ↓ -96%
Aetna COMMHMO $72.32 ↓ -96%
Cigna CSN $80.95 ↓ -96%
Aetna OONHMO $84.96 ↓ -96%
Aetna OONPOS $84.96 ↓ -96%
Aetna OONPPO $84.96 ↓ -96%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $87.64 ↓ -96%
Aetna ASAPPO $91.86 ↓ -95%
Aetna ASAPOS $91.86 ↓ -95%
Aetna ASAHMO $91.86 ↓ -95%
Humana HMO $102.17 ↓ -95%
Humana PPO $102.17 ↓ -95%
Cigna PPO $104.36 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $118.24 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $118.24 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $118.24 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $118.24 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $118.24 ↓ -94%
Aetna MCR $130.65 ↓ -93%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $327.13 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $331.07 ↓ -83%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $467.04 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $467.04 ↓ -76%
Molina Healthcare HIX $532.08 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $689.73 ↓ -65%
United GlobalAppendix $886.79 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,050.36 ↓ -47%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $1,576.52 ↓ -20%

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Albumin, human 5 % intravenous solution at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $1,427.67 $10.49 – $102.17
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $1,384.38 $10.49 – $102.17
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING $1,298.67 $10.49 – $102.17
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $589.72 $10.62 – $193.56
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $589.72 $10.62 – $193.56
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $589.72 $10.62 – $193.56
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $589.72 $10.62 – $193.56
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $589.72 $10.62 – $193.56

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