Brace knee support neoprene padded open patella med 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.

$120.44 with Oscar vs $945.46 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 $120.44
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $122.90
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $122.90
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $122.90
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $122.90
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $122.90
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $122.90
BCBS MCRPPO $122.90
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $122.90
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $122.90
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $122.90
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $122.90
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $122.90
Devoted Health MGMCR $122.90
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $122.90
WellMed MGMCR $123.51
Aetna MCR $123.94
Van Lang IPA MCR $124.13
United MCR $125.36
WellCare MCRHMO $126.59
WellCare PFFS $126.59
WellCare POS $126.59
WellCare PPO $126.59
WellCare SNP $126.59
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $126.59
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $129.05
American Health Plan MGMCR $129.05
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $129.05
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $129.05
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $129.05
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $129.05
Superior Health Plan PFFS $129.05
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $129.05
Shared Health MGMCR $129.05
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $130.27
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $130.27
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $130.27
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $130.27
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $130.27
Molina MGMCR $133.96
Verda Health Plan MCR $159.77
Superior ValueHMO $178.21
Community Health Choice HIX $178.21
Superior EPO $190.50
Superior HMO $190.50
Molina Healthcare HIX $264.24
Humana HMO $945.46
Humana PPO $945.46

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Brace knee support neoprene padded open patella med at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $436.18 not published
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $16.45 $11.98 – $94.00
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $16.45 $46.06 – $94.00
St. Joseph Health Grimes Hospital Navasota $16.45 $34.09 – $104.34
Covenant Medical Center Lubbock $436.18 $122.90 – $129.66
St. Joseph Health Burleson Hospital Caldwell $16.45 $20.68 – $94.00
Covenant Hospital Plainview Plainview $436.18 not published
Covenant Hospital Levelland Levelland $436.18 not published

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