Bundle his recording 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.

$2,643.00 with Aetna vs $43,890.00 with Curative Administrators — 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
Aetna QHPExchange $2,643.00
Aetna NBHMO $3,511.00
Aetna NBPOS $3,511.00
Aetna COMMHMO $3,730.00
Aetna COMMPOS $3,730.00
Aetna NBPPO $3,792.00
Aetna COMMPPO $4,028.00
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $4,325.76
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $4,325.76
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $4,325.76
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $4,325.76
Aetna OONPOS $4,390.00
Aetna OONHMO $4,390.00
Aetna OONPPO $4,740.00
Aetna ASAHMO $4,742.00
Aetna ASAPOS $4,742.00
Cigna CSN $4,924.71
Aetna ASAPPO $5,120.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $5,324.01
BCBS MyBlueHealth $5,423.83
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $5,523.66
United OptionsPPO $5,590.21
Superior Health Plan STAR $5,591.00
Superior Health Plan CHIP $5,591.00
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $5,591.00
Superior Health Plan STARKids $5,591.00
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $5,591.00
BCBS BAV $5,989.51
Cigna PPO $6,322.26
BCBS HMO $7,486.89
BCBS EPOSOA $7,653.26
BCBS PPO $7,786.36
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $7,886.19
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $7,886.19
Humana HMO $10,106.00
Humana PPO $10,106.00
BCBS Traditional $11,646.27
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $13,310.02
United GlobalAppendix $14,973.78
United SmallGroup $15,400.00
Coventry National First Health COMM $17,735.61
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $17,742.00
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $21,231.00
United AllPayerAppendix $22,000.00
Evry Health BroadNetwork $29,288.00
Oscar HIX $37,284.00
Curative Administrators COMM $43,890.00

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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $3,958.33 $1,270.62 – $18,500.61
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $3,958.33 $2,045.14 – $18,500.61
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $4,251.46 $1,417.15 – $18,500.61
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