Dextrose 5 % in water (d5w) intravenous solution (non-pvc) 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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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.

$1.82 with Christus (USFHP) vs $330.12 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
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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
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1.82
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $1.82
United AllPayerAppendix $2.89
United SmallGroup $2.89
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $2.89
Cigna CSN $4.91
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $5.32
Cigna PPO $6.33
BCBS MyBlueHealth $14.86
BCBS BAV $16.37
BCBS EPOSOA $20.47
BCBS PPO $20.47
BCBS HMO $20.47
Humana HMO $24.64
Humana PPO $24.64
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $24.76
Superior Health Plan STARKids $24.76
Superior Health Plan STAR $24.76
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $24.76
Superior Health Plan CHIP $24.76
Aetna MCR $27.36
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $53.64
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $53.64
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $53.64
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $53.64
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $68.50
United OptionsPPO $69.33
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $97.80
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $97.80
Molina Healthcare HIX $111.42
BCBS Traditional $144.43
United GlobalAppendix $185.69
Coventry National First Health COMM $219.94
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $330.12

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Dextrose 5 % in water (d5w) intravenous solution (non-pvc) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $39.88 $29.18 – $29.18
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $51.89 $7.09 – $30.26
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $8.09 $2.57 – $17.33
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $22.03 $0.41 – $1.86
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $47.66 $2.06 – $285.96
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $22.03 $0.41 – $1.86
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $22.03 $0.41 – $1.86
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $22.03 $0.41 – $1.86

All Texas hospitals for this procedure →