Covid-19 IV infusion and post admin monitoring tocilizumab 1st dose 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.

$42.50 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,453.50 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 STARPLUS $42.50
Superior Health Plan CHIP $42.50
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $42.50
Superior Health Plan STAR $42.50
Superior Health Plan STARKids $42.50
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $92.09
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $92.09
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $92.09
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $92.09
Cigna CSN $104.84
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $113.34
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $117.59
United OptionsPPO $119.00
Cigna PPO $134.59
Oscar HIX $138.13
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $167.88
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $167.88
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $180.63
Aetna QHPExchange $187.71
Evry Health BroadNetwork $193.38
Humana PPO $226.03
Humana HMO $226.03
Aetna NBPPO $227.38
Aetna NBPOS $227.38
Aetna NBHMO $227.38
Aetna COMMPPO $242.26
Aetna COMMPOS $242.26
Aetna COMMHMO $242.26
BCBS Traditional $247.92
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $283.34
Curative Administrators COMM $283.34
Aetna OONHMO $284.05
Aetna OONPOS $284.05
Aetna OONPPO $284.05
Aetna ASAHMO $306.72
Aetna ASAPOS $306.72
Aetna ASAPPO $306.72
United GlobalAppendix $318.76
Coventry National First Health COMM $377.55
BCBS MyBlueHealth $1,053.00
BCBS BAV $1,161.00
BCBS PPO $1,453.50
BCBS HMO $1,453.50
BCBS EPOSOA $1,453.50

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Covid-19 IV infusion and post admin monitoring tocilizumab 1st dose at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $833.33 $1,053.00 – $1,053.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $761.21 $1,053.00 – $1,053.00
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE $865.40 $1,053.00 – $1,053.00
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $897.42 $1,053.00 – $1,053.00
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING $722.70 $1,053.00 – $1,053.00
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $315.00 $48.00 – $900.00
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $315.00 $37.00 – $900.00
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $315.00 $37.00 – $900.00

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