Chromogenic substrate assay 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.

$9.99 with Texas Childrens Health Plans vs $158.84 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
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $9.99
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $9.99
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $9.99
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $9.99
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $9.99
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $9.99
United MGMCD $10.19
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $10.79
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $10.99
Molina Healthcare CHIP $10.99
Molina Healthcare STAR $10.99
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $10.99
Oscar MGMCR $11.65
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $11.89
Devoted Health MGMCR $11.89
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $11.89
BCBS MCRPPO $11.89
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $11.89
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $11.89
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $11.89
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $11.89
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $11.89
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $11.89
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $11.89
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $11.89
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $11.89
United AllPayerAppendix $11.89
United SmallGroup $11.89
WellMed MGMCR $11.95
Aetna MCR $11.99
Van Lang IPA MCR $12.01
United MCR $12.13
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $12.25
WellCare SNP $12.25
WellCare PPO $12.25
WellCare POS $12.25
WellCare MCRHMO $12.25
WellCare PFFS $12.25
American Health Plan MGMCR $12.48
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $12.48
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $12.48
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $12.48
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $12.48
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $12.48
Superior Health Plan PFFS $12.48
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $12.48
Shared Health MGMCR $12.48
Humana MCD $12.49
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $12.60
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $12.60
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $12.60
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $12.60
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $12.60
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $12.87
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $12.87
Molina MGMCR $12.96
Verda Health Plan MCR $15.46
Community Health Choice HIX $17.24
Superior ValueHMO $17.24
Superior EPO $18.43
Superior HMO $18.43
BCBS MyBlueHealth $24.02
Molina Healthcare HIX $25.56
BCBS BAV $26.51
BCBS HMO $33.17
Oscar HIX $34.36
BCBS EPOSOA $35.55
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $35.67
BCBS PPO $37.93
Aetna QHPExchange $43.57
Cigna CSN $48.80
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $52.86
Aetna NBHMO $57.95
Aetna NBPOS $57.95
Aetna NBPPO $57.95
Aetna COMMPOS $61.56
Aetna COMMPPO $61.56
Aetna COMMHMO $61.56
Cigna PPO $62.89
Aetna OONHMO $72.32
Aetna OONPOS $72.32
Aetna OONPPO $72.32
Aetna ASAHMO $78.20
Aetna ASAPOS $78.20
Aetna ASAPPO $78.20
Humana PPO $158.84
Humana HMO $158.84
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