Cntct lens hydrophil photoch 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.

$176.52 with Oscar vs $387.26 with Molina Healthcare — 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 $176.52
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $180.12
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $180.12
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $180.12
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $180.12
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $180.12
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $180.12
Devoted Health MGMCR $180.12
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $180.12
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $180.12
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $180.12
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $180.12
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $180.12
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $180.12
BCBS MCRPPO $180.12
WellMed MGMCR $181.02
Aetna MCR $181.65
Van Lang IPA MCR $181.92
United MCR $183.72
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $185.52
WellCare PPO $185.52
WellCare SNP $185.52
WellCare POS $185.52
WellCare MCRHMO $185.52
WellCare PFFS $185.52
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $189.13
Superior Health Plan PFFS $189.13
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $189.13
Shared Health MGMCR $189.13
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $189.13
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $189.13
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $189.13
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $189.13
American Health Plan MGMCR $189.13
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $190.93
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $190.93
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $190.93
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $190.93
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $190.93
Molina MGMCR $196.33
Verda Health Plan MCR $234.16
Community Health Choice HIX $261.17
Superior ValueHMO $261.17
Superior HMO $279.19
Superior EPO $279.19
Molina Healthcare HIX $387.26

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Cntct lens hydrophil photoch at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $176.52 – $387.26
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $176.52 – $387.26
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $176.52 – $387.26
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $176.52 – $387.26
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $176.52 – $387.26
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $176.52 – $387.26
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $176.52 – $387.26
Covenant Medical Center Lubbock not published $180.12 – $190.03

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