Bk waist belt padded and lin 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.

$129.43 with Oscar vs $1,015.98 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 $129.43
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $132.07
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $132.07
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $132.07
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $132.07
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $132.07
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $132.07
BCBS MCRPPO $132.07
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $132.07
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $132.07
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $132.07
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $132.07
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $132.07
Devoted Health MGMCR $132.07
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $132.07
WellMed MGMCR $132.73
Aetna MCR $133.19
Van Lang IPA MCR $133.39
United MCR $134.71
WellCare MCRHMO $136.03
WellCare PFFS $136.03
WellCare POS $136.03
WellCare PPO $136.03
WellCare SNP $136.03
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $136.03
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $138.67
American Health Plan MGMCR $138.67
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $138.67
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $138.67
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $138.67
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $138.67
Superior Health Plan PFFS $138.67
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $138.67
Shared Health MGMCR $138.67
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $139.99
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $139.99
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $139.99
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $139.99
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $139.99
Molina MGMCR $143.96
Verda Health Plan MCR $171.69
Superior ValueHMO $191.50
Community Health Choice HIX $191.50
Superior EPO $204.71
Superior HMO $204.71
Molina Healthcare HIX $283.95
Humana HMO $1,015.98
Humana PPO $1,015.98

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Bk waist belt padded and lin at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $129.43 – $283.95
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $129.43 – $283.95
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $129.43 – $283.95
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $129.43 – $283.95
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $129.43 – $283.95
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $129.43 – $283.95
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $129.43 – $283.95
Covenant Medical Center Lubbock not published $132.07 – $139.33

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