Chromosome karyotype study 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.

$28.11 with Texas Childrens Health Plans vs $362.15 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 STAR $28.11
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $28.11
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $28.11
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $28.11
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $28.11
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $28.11
United MGMCD $28.67
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $30.36
Molina Healthcare STAR $30.92
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $30.92
Molina Healthcare CHIP $30.92
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $30.92
Oscar MGMCR $32.80
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $33.47
United AllPayerAppendix $33.47
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $33.47
United SmallGroup $33.47
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $33.47
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $33.47
Devoted Health MGMCR $33.47
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $33.47
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $33.47
BCBS MCRPPO $33.47
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $33.47
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $33.47
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $33.47
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $33.47
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $33.47
WellMed MGMCR $33.64
Aetna MCR $33.75
Van Lang IPA MCR $33.80
United MCR $34.14
WellCare MCRHMO $34.47
WellCare POS $34.47
WellCare PFFS $34.47
WellCare PPO $34.47
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $34.47
WellCare SNP $34.47
American Health Plan MGMCR $35.14
Humana MCD $35.14
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $35.14
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $35.14
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $35.14
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $35.14
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $35.14
Superior Health Plan PFFS $35.14
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $35.14
Shared Health MGMCR $35.14
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $35.48
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $35.48
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $35.48
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $35.48
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $35.48
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $36.22
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $36.22
Molina MGMCR $36.48
Verda Health Plan MCR $43.51
Community Health Choice HIX $48.53
Superior ValueHMO $48.53
Superior EPO $51.88
Superior HMO $51.88
BCBS MyBlueHealth $67.61
Molina Healthcare HIX $71.96
BCBS BAV $74.64
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $81.33
BCBS HMO $93.38
Oscar HIX $96.73
BCBS EPOSOA $100.08
BCBS PPO $106.77
Aetna QHPExchange $122.62
Cigna CSN $138.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $149.47
Aetna NBHMO $163.07
Aetna NBPOS $163.07
Aetna NBPPO $163.07
Aetna COMMPPO $173.25
Aetna COMMPOS $173.25
Aetna COMMHMO $173.25
Cigna PPO $177.83
Aetna OONPOS $203.52
Aetna OONHMO $203.52
Aetna OONPPO $203.52
Aetna ASAPPO $220.06
Aetna ASAHMO $220.06
Aetna ASAPOS $220.06
Humana PPO $362.15
Humana HMO $362.15
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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $395.05 $28.11 – $493.81
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $119.87 $24.67 – $179.80
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $119.87 $30.08 – $179.80
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $119.87 $26.00 – $179.80
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $92.20 $28.11 – $138.30
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $395.05 $28.11 – $493.81

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