Albumin serum plasma or whole blood 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.

$4.16 with Texas Childrens Health Plans vs $66.11 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
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $4.16
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $4.16
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $4.16
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $4.16
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $4.16
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $4.16
United MGMCD $4.24
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $4.49
Molina Healthcare STAR $4.58
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $4.58
Molina Healthcare CHIP $4.58
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $4.58
Oscar MGMCR $4.85
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $4.95
United AllPayerAppendix $4.95
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $4.95
United SmallGroup $4.95
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $4.95
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $4.95
Devoted Health MGMCR $4.95
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $4.95
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $4.95
BCBS MCRPPO $4.95
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $4.95
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $4.95
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $4.95
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $4.95
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $4.95
WellMed MGMCR $4.97
Aetna MCR $4.99
Van Lang IPA MCR $5.00
United MCR $5.05
WellCare MCRHMO $5.10
WellCare POS $5.10
WellCare PFFS $5.10
WellCare PPO $5.10
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $5.10
WellCare SNP $5.10
American Health Plan MGMCR $5.20
Humana MCD $5.20
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $5.20
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $5.20
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $5.20
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $5.20
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $5.20
Superior Health Plan PFFS $5.20
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $5.20
Shared Health MGMCR $5.20
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $5.25
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $5.25
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $5.25
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $5.25
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $5.25
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $5.36
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $5.36
Molina MGMCR $5.40
Verda Health Plan MCR $6.44
Community Health Choice HIX $7.18
Superior ValueHMO $7.18
Superior EPO $7.67
Superior HMO $7.67
BCBS MyBlueHealth $10.00
Molina Healthcare HIX $10.64
BCBS BAV $11.04
BCBS HMO $13.81
Oscar HIX $14.31
BCBS EPOSOA $14.80
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $14.85
BCBS PPO $15.79
Aetna QHPExchange $18.12
Cigna CSN $20.91
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $22.65
Aetna NBHMO $24.10
Aetna NBPOS $24.10
Aetna NBPPO $24.10
Aetna COMMPPO $25.61
Aetna COMMPOS $25.61
Aetna COMMHMO $25.61
Cigna PPO $26.95
Aetna OONPOS $30.08
Aetna OONHMO $30.08
Aetna OONPPO $30.08
Aetna ASAPPO $32.52
Aetna ASAHMO $32.52
Aetna ASAPOS $32.52
Humana PPO $66.11
Humana HMO $66.11
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