Consultation pathology during surgery frozen section each additional block 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

$706.26

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$706.26

Gross charge

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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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$24.08 with United vs $565.01 with TriWest Healthcare Alliance — 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

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
United SmallGroup $24.08 ↓ -97%
United AllPayerAppendix $24.08 ↓ -97%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $24.08 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $42.38 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $42.38 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $42.38 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $42.38 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $42.38 ↓ -94%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $44.40 ↓ -94%
Aetna MCR $46.83 ↓ -93%
BCBS BAV $49.02 ↓ -93%
BCBS HMO $61.32 ↓ -91%
BCBS EPOSOA $65.72 ↓ -91%
BCBS PPO $70.12 ↓ -90%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $91.81 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $91.81 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $91.81 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $91.81 ↓ -87%
Aetna QHPExchange $92.45 ↓ -87%
Cigna CSN $102.88 ↓ -85%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $111.43 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $117.24 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $118.65 ↓ -83%
Aetna NBPPO $122.94 ↓ -83%
Aetna NBPOS $122.94 ↓ -83%
Aetna NBHMO $122.94 ↓ -83%
Aetna COMMHMO $130.62 ↓ -82%
Aetna COMMPOS $130.62 ↓ -82%
Aetna COMMPPO $130.62 ↓ -82%
Cigna PPO $132.58 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $137.72 ↓ -81%
Aetna OONPPO $153.44 ↓ -78%
Aetna OONPOS $153.44 ↓ -78%
Aetna OONHMO $153.44 ↓ -78%
Aetna ASAPPO $165.91 ↓ -77%
Aetna ASAPOS $165.91 ↓ -77%
Aetna ASAHMO $165.91 ↓ -77%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $167.38 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $167.38 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $180.10 ↓ -74%
Molina Healthcare HIX $190.69 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $192.81 ↓ -73%
Humana PPO $218.67 ↓ -69%
Humana HMO $218.67 ↓ -69%
BCBS Traditional $247.19 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $282.50 ↓ -60%
United GlobalAppendix $317.82 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $376.44 ↓ -47%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $565.01 ↓ -20%
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