Below knee acrylic socket 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.

$508.37 with Oscar vs $3,990.28 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
Oscar MGMCR $508.37
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $518.74
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $518.74
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $518.74
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $518.74
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $518.74
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $518.74
BCBS MCRPPO $518.74
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $518.74
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $518.74
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $518.74
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $518.74
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $518.74
Devoted Health MGMCR $518.74
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $518.74
WellMed MGMCR $521.33
Aetna MCR $523.15
Van Lang IPA MCR $523.93
United MCR $529.11
WellCare MCRHMO $534.30
WellCare PFFS $534.30
WellCare POS $534.30
WellCare PPO $534.30
WellCare SNP $534.30
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $534.30
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $544.68
American Health Plan MGMCR $544.68
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $544.68
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $544.68
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $544.68
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $544.68
Superior Health Plan PFFS $544.68
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $544.68
Shared Health MGMCR $544.68
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $549.86
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $549.86
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $549.86
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $549.86
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $549.86
Molina MGMCR $565.43
Verda Health Plan MCR $674.36
Superior ValueHMO $752.17
Community Health Choice HIX $752.17
Superior EPO $804.05
Superior HMO $804.05
Molina Healthcare HIX $1,115.29
Humana HMO $3,990.28
Humana PPO $3,990.28

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Below knee acrylic socket at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $508.37 – $1,115.29
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $508.37 – $1,115.29
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $508.37 – $1,115.29
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $508.37 – $1,115.29
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $508.37 – $1,115.29
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $508.37 – $1,115.29
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $508.37 – $1,115.29
Covenant Medical Center Lubbock not published $518.74 – $547.27

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