Brain flow imaging only 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

$5,025.70

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.

$5,025.70

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.

$165.06 with Texas Childrens Health Plans vs $2,678.70 with Coventry National First Health — 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
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $165.06 ↓ -97%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $165.06 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $171.41 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $171.41 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $171.41 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $171.41 ↓ -97%
United MGMCD $174.84 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $181.57 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare STAR $181.57 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $181.57 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $181.57 ↓ -96%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $185.12 ↓ -96%
Humana MCD $206.32 ↓ -96%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $292.41 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $301.54 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $301.54 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $301.54 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $301.54 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $301.54 ↓ -94%
BCBS BAV $370.49 ↓ -93%
BCBS HMO $564.88 ↓ -89%
BCBS EPOSOA $604.75 ↓ -88%
BCBS PPO $642.96 ↓ -87%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $834.27 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $844.32 ↓ -83%
Aetna QHPExchange $905.25 ↓ -82%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $929.86 ↓ -81%
United SmallGroup $1,101.15 ↓ -78%
United AllPayerAppendix $1,101.15 ↓ -78%
Aetna NBHMO $1,203.16 ↓ -76%
Aetna NBPOS $1,203.16 ↓ -76%
Aetna NBPPO $1,203.16 ↓ -76%
Aetna COMMHMO $1,279.88 ↓ -75%
Aetna COMMPOS $1,279.88 ↓ -75%
Aetna COMMPPO $1,279.88 ↓ -75%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,281.55 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $1,372.02 ↓ -73%
Aetna OONHMO $1,504.91 ↓ -70%
Aetna OONPPO $1,504.91 ↓ -70%
Aetna OONPOS $1,504.91 ↓ -70%
Humana PPO $1,603.70 ↓ -68%
Humana HMO $1,603.70 ↓ -68%
Aetna ASAPOS $1,626.38 ↓ -68%
Aetna ASAHMO $1,626.38 ↓ -68%
Aetna ASAPPO $1,626.38 ↓ -68%
BCBS Traditional $1,758.99 ↓ -65%
Curative Administrators COMM $2,010.28 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $2,010.28 ↓ -60%
United GlobalAppendix $2,261.57 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $2,678.70 ↓ -47%

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Brain flow imaging only at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $472.92 $160.05 – $1,338.97
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $907.45 $186.78 – $1,361.17
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $952.82 $160.05 – $1,338.97
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $472.92 $160.05 – $1,338.97
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $907.45 $171.25 – $1,361.17
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $907.45 $160.05 – $1,361.17
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $952.82 $160.05 – $1,429.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $472.92 $160.05 – $1,338.97

All Texas hospitals for this procedure →