Assay of somatostatin 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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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.

$15.36 with Texas Childrens Health Plans vs $244.10 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 STARKIDS $15.36
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $15.36
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $15.36
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $15.36
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $15.36
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $15.36
United MGMCD $15.67
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $16.59
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $16.90
Molina Healthcare CHIP $16.90
Molina Healthcare STAR $16.90
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $16.90
Oscar MGMCR $17.91
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $18.28
Devoted Health MGMCR $18.28
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $18.28
BCBS MCRPPO $18.28
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $18.28
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $18.28
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $18.28
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $18.28
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $18.28
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $18.28
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $18.28
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $18.28
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $18.28
United AllPayerAppendix $18.28
United SmallGroup $18.28
WellMed MGMCR $18.37
Aetna MCR $18.44
Van Lang IPA MCR $18.46
United MCR $18.65
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $18.83
WellCare SNP $18.83
WellCare PPO $18.83
WellCare POS $18.83
WellCare MCRHMO $18.83
WellCare PFFS $18.83
American Health Plan MGMCR $19.19
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $19.19
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $19.19
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $19.19
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $19.19
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $19.19
Superior Health Plan PFFS $19.19
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $19.19
Shared Health MGMCR $19.19
Humana MCD $19.20
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $19.38
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $19.38
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $19.38
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $19.38
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $19.38
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $19.78
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $19.78
Molina MGMCR $19.93
Verda Health Plan MCR $23.76
Community Health Choice HIX $26.51
Superior ValueHMO $26.51
Superior EPO $28.33
Superior HMO $28.33
BCBS MyBlueHealth $36.93
Molina Healthcare HIX $39.30
BCBS BAV $40.76
BCBS HMO $51.00
Oscar HIX $52.83
BCBS EPOSOA $54.66
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $54.82
BCBS PPO $58.31
Aetna QHPExchange $66.95
Cigna CSN $75.26
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $81.51
Aetna NBHMO $89.03
Aetna NBPOS $89.03
Aetna NBPPO $89.03
Aetna COMMPOS $94.59
Aetna COMMPPO $94.59
Aetna COMMHMO $94.59
Cigna PPO $96.98
Aetna OONHMO $111.12
Aetna OONPOS $111.12
Aetna OONPPO $111.12
Aetna ASAHMO $120.15
Aetna ASAPOS $120.15
Aetna ASAPPO $120.15
Humana PPO $244.10
Humana HMO $244.10
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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $200.04 $10.00 – $250.05
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $233.65 $12.00 – $350.48
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $200.04 $10.00 – $250.05
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $233.65 $12.00 – $350.48
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $233.65 $8.00 – $350.48
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $200.04 $12.00 – $300.06
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