Albuterol non-comp unit 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

$13.23

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.

$13.23

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.

$0.08 with TriWest Health Alliance vs $10.58 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
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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 $0.08 ↓ -99%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $0.08 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $0.12 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $0.12 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $0.12 ↓ -99%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $0.16 ↓ -99%
BCBS BAV $0.17 ↓ -99%
Cigna CSN $0.19 ↓ -99%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $0.21 ↓ -98%
BCBS EPOSOA $0.22 ↓ -98%
BCBS HMO $0.22 ↓ -98%
BCBS PPO $0.22 ↓ -98%
Cigna PPO $0.25 ↓ -98%
Humana HMO $0.39 ↓ -97%
Humana PPO $0.39 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $0.79 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $0.79 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $0.79 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $0.79 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $0.79 ↓ -94%
Aetna MCR $0.88 ↓ -93%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $1.72 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $1.72 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $1.72 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $1.72 ↓ -87%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $2.20 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $2.22 ↓ -83%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $3.14 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $3.14 ↓ -76%
Molina Healthcare HIX $3.57 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $4.63 ↓ -65%
United GlobalAppendix $5.95 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $7.05 ↓ -47%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $10.58 ↓ -20%

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Albuterol non-comp unit at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $7.18 $0.31 – $0.31
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $2.28 $0.07 – $11.70
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $2.28 $0.07 – $11.05
St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital Lake Jackson $3.31 $0.08 – $4.73
St. Joseph Health Grimes Hospital Navasota $2.28 $0.07 – $14.43
St. Joseph Health Burleson Hospital Caldwell $2.28 $0.07 – $11.70
Ascension Providence Waco $1.62 $0.05 – $0.28
Texas Health Hospital Mansfield Mansfield $6.06 $0.11 – $0.11

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