Assay of endocrine hormone 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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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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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.

$59.83 with Texas Childrens Health Plans vs $770.71 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 $59.83
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $59.83
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $59.83
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $59.83
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $59.83
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $59.83
United MGMCD $61.03
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $64.62
Molina Healthcare STAR $65.81
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $65.81
Molina Healthcare CHIP $65.81
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $65.81
Oscar MGMCR $69.81
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $71.23
United AllPayerAppendix $71.23
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $71.23
United SmallGroup $71.23
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $71.23
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $71.23
Devoted Health MGMCR $71.23
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $71.23
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $71.23
BCBS MCRPPO $71.23
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $71.23
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $71.23
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $71.23
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $71.23
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $71.23
WellMed MGMCR $71.59
Aetna MCR $71.84
Van Lang IPA MCR $71.94
United MCR $72.65
WellCare MCRHMO $73.37
WellCare POS $73.37
WellCare PFFS $73.37
WellCare PPO $73.37
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $73.37
WellCare SNP $73.37
American Health Plan MGMCR $74.79
Humana MCD $74.79
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $74.79
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $74.79
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $74.79
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $74.79
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $74.79
Superior Health Plan PFFS $74.79
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $74.79
Shared Health MGMCR $74.79
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $75.50
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $75.50
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $75.50
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $75.50
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $75.50
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $77.09
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $77.09
Molina MGMCR $77.64
Verda Health Plan MCR $92.60
Community Health Choice HIX $103.28
Superior ValueHMO $103.28
Superior EPO $110.41
Superior HMO $110.41
BCBS MyBlueHealth $143.88
Molina Healthcare HIX $153.14
BCBS BAV $158.84
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $173.09
BCBS HMO $198.73
Oscar HIX $205.85
BCBS EPOSOA $212.98
BCBS PPO $227.22
Aetna QHPExchange $260.91
Cigna CSN $292.71
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $317.04
Aetna NBHMO $346.97
Aetna NBPOS $346.97
Aetna NBPPO $346.97
Aetna COMMPPO $368.63
Aetna COMMPOS $368.63
Aetna COMMHMO $368.63
Cigna PPO $377.21
Aetna OONPOS $433.04
Aetna OONHMO $433.04
Aetna OONPPO $433.04
Aetna ASAPPO $468.22
Aetna ASAHMO $468.22
Aetna ASAPOS $468.22
Humana PPO $770.71
Humana HMO $770.71
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Assay of endocrine hormone at other Texas hospitals

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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $239.27 $36.00 – $358.91
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST Waco $239.27 $59.83 – $299.09
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