Brace m arm board 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.

$275.55 with Oscar vs $2,162.86 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 $275.55
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $281.17
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $281.17
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $281.17
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $281.17
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $281.17
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $281.17
BCBS MCRPPO $281.17
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $281.17
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $281.17
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $281.17
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $281.17
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $281.17
Devoted Health MGMCR $281.17
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $281.17
WellMed MGMCR $282.58
Aetna MCR $283.56
Van Lang IPA MCR $283.98
United MCR $286.79
WellCare MCRHMO $289.61
WellCare PFFS $289.61
WellCare POS $289.61
WellCare PPO $289.61
WellCare SNP $289.61
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $289.61
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $295.23
American Health Plan MGMCR $295.23
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $295.23
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $295.23
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $295.23
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $295.23
Superior Health Plan PFFS $295.23
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $295.23
Shared Health MGMCR $295.23
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $298.04
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $298.04
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $298.04
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $298.04
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $298.04
Molina MGMCR $306.48
Verda Health Plan MCR $365.52
Superior ValueHMO $407.70
Community Health Choice HIX $407.70
Superior EPO $435.81
Superior HMO $435.81
Molina Healthcare HIX $604.52
Humana HMO $2,162.86
Humana PPO $2,162.86

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Brace m arm board at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Seton Edgar B. Davis (Ascension Seton) Luling $153.81 $218.11 – $218.11
Ascension Seton Highland Lakes (Ascension Seton) Burnet $153.81 $218.11 – $218.11
Ascension Seton Smithville (Ascension Seton) Smithville $153.81 $218.11 – $218.11
Dell Children's Medical Center (Ascension Seton) Austin $299.08 $218.11 – $218.11
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $275.55 – $604.52
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $275.55 – $604.52
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $275.55 – $604.52
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $275.55 – $604.52

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