Ammonia 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

$1,268.45

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.

$1,268.45

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.

$12.24 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $676.08 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
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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 $12.24 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $12.24 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $12.24 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $12.24 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $12.24 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $12.24 ↓ -99%
United MGMCD $12.48 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $13.22 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $13.46 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STAR $13.46 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $13.46 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $13.46 ↓ -99%
Oscar MGMCR $14.28 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MGMCR $14.57 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $14.57 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $14.57 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $14.57 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $14.57 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $14.57 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $14.57 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $14.57 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $14.57 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $14.57 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $14.57 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $14.57 ↓ -99%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $14.57 ↓ -99%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $14.57 ↓ -99%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $14.57 ↓ -99%
WellMed MGMCR $14.64 ↓ -99%
Aetna MCR $14.69 ↓ -99%
Van Lang IPA MCR $14.72 ↓ -99%
United MCR $14.86 ↓ -99%
WellCare SNP $15.01 ↓ -99%
WellCare POS $15.01 ↓ -99%
WellCare MCRHMO $15.01 ↓ -99%
WellCare PPO $15.01 ↓ -99%
WellCare PFFS $15.01 ↓ -99%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $15.01 ↓ -99%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $15.30 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $15.30 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $15.30 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $15.30 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $15.30 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $15.30 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $15.30 ↓ -99%
Humana MCD $15.30 ↓ -99%
American Health Plan MGMCR $15.30 ↓ -99%
Shared Health MGMCR $15.30 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $15.44 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $15.44 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $15.44 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $15.44 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $15.44 ↓ -99%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $15.77 ↓ -99%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $15.77 ↓ -99%
Molina MGMCR $15.88 ↓ -99%
Verda Health Plan MCR $18.94 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice HIX $21.13 ↓ -98%
Superior ValueHMO $21.13 ↓ -98%
Superior HMO $22.58 ↓ -98%
Superior EPO $22.58 ↓ -98%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $29.43 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare HIX $31.33 ↓ -98%
BCBS BAV $32.49 ↓ -97%
BCBS HMO $40.65 ↓ -97%
Oscar HIX $42.11 ↓ -97%
BCBS EPOSOA $43.56 ↓ -97%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $43.72 ↓ -97%
BCBS PPO $46.48 ↓ -96%
Aetna QHPExchange $53.36 ↓ -96%
Cigna CSN $59.93 ↓ -95%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $64.91 ↓ -95%
Aetna NBPPO $70.96 ↓ -94%
Aetna NBHMO $70.96 ↓ -94%
Aetna NBPOS $70.96 ↓ -94%
Aetna COMMPPO $75.39 ↓ -94%
Aetna COMMPOS $75.39 ↓ -94%
Aetna COMMHMO $75.39 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $76.11 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $76.11 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $76.11 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $76.11 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $76.11 ↓ -94%
Cigna PPO $77.23 ↓ -94%
Aetna OONPOS $88.56 ↓ -93%
Aetna OONPPO $88.56 ↓ -93%
Aetna OONHMO $88.56 ↓ -93%
Aetna ASAHMO $95.76 ↓ -92%
Aetna ASAPOS $95.76 ↓ -92%
Aetna ASAPPO $95.76 ↓ -92%
Humana PPO $194.65 ↓ -85%
Humana HMO $194.65 ↓ -85%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $210.56 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $213.10 ↓ -83%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $346.29 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $443.96 ↓ -65%
United GlobalAppendix $570.80 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $676.08 ↓ -47%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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