Bivalirudin 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.

$0.15 with Christus (USFHP) vs $1,055.50 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
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $0.15
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $0.15
United AllPayerAppendix $0.26
United SmallGroup $0.26
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $0.26
Cigna CSN $0.41
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $0.45
Cigna PPO $0.53
BCBS MyBlueHealth $2.70
BCBS BAV $2.98
BCBS EPOSOA $3.73
BCBS PPO $3.73
BCBS HMO $3.73
Humana HMO $9.45
Humana PPO $9.45
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $79.16
Superior Health Plan STARKids $79.16
Superior Health Plan STAR $79.16
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $79.16
Superior Health Plan CHIP $79.16
Aetna MCR $87.47
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $171.52
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $171.52
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $171.52
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $171.52
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $219.02
United OptionsPPO $221.65
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $312.69
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $312.69
Molina Healthcare HIX $356.23
BCBS Traditional $461.78
United GlobalAppendix $593.72
Coventry National First Health COMM $703.22
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $1,055.50

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Bivalirudin at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $7,681.72 $0.15 – $9.45
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $863.63 $0.23 – $1,850.63
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $2,412.12 $0.28 – $581.76
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $3,323.61 $0.19 – $2,290.47
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $2,412.12 $0.23 – $581.76
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $2,412.12 $0.23 – $581.76
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $2,412.12 $0.23 – $581.76
St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital Lake Jackson $1,038.91 $0.20 – $1,929.39

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