Compatibility test each unit immediate spin technique 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

$369.21

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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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$369.21

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.

$22.15 with Superior Health Plan vs $457.76 with BCBS — 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
Superior Health Plan CHIP $22.15 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $22.15 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $22.15 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $22.15 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $22.15 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $48.00 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $48.00 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $48.00 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $48.00 ↓ -87%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $61.29 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $62.03 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $72.00 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $87.50 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $87.50 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $94.15 ↓ -74%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $100.79 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $129.22 ↓ -65%
Aetna QHPExchange $133.03 ↓ -64%
Cigna CSN $140.77 ↓ -62%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $147.68 ↓ -60%
United SmallGroup $149.16 ↓ -60%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $149.16 ↓ -60%
United AllPayerAppendix $149.16 ↓ -60%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $152.47 ↓ -59%
United GlobalAppendix $166.14 ↓ -55%
Aetna NBPPO $176.92 ↓ -52%
Aetna NBHMO $176.92 ↓ -52%
Aetna NBPOS $176.92 ↓ -52%
Cigna PPO $181.41 ↓ -51%
Aetna COMMPOS $187.96 ↓ -49%
Aetna COMMHMO $187.96 ↓ -49%
Aetna COMMPPO $187.96 ↓ -49%
Coventry National First Health COMM $196.79 ↓ -47%
Aetna OONPOS $220.80 ↓ -40%
Aetna OONPPO $220.80 ↓ -40%
Aetna OONHMO $220.80 ↓ -40%
Aetna ASAHMO $238.74 ↓ -35%
Aetna ASAPOS $238.74 ↓ -35%
Aetna ASAPPO $238.74 ↓ -35%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $289.87 ↓ -21%
BCBS BAV $320.00 ↓ -13%
Humana PPO $376.32 ↑ +2%
Humana HMO $376.32 ↑ +2%
BCBS HMO $400.37 ↑ +8%
BCBS EPOSOA $429.07 ↑ +16%
BCBS PPO $457.76 ↑ +24%
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Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $128.09 $552.48 – $552.48
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $169.52 $10.00 – $423.12
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $149.06 $12.00 – $423.12
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