Duplex scan unilateral study 93986 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

$1,097.00

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.

$1,097.00

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.

$65.82 with Superior Health Plan vs $584.70 with Coventry National First Health — 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 STARKids $65.82 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $65.82 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $65.82 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $65.82 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $65.82 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $142.61 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $142.61 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $142.61 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $142.61 ↓ -87%
Cigna CSN $162.36 ↓ -85%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $175.52 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $182.10 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $184.30 ↓ -83%
Cigna PPO $208.43 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $213.91 ↓ -81%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $232.14 ↓ -79%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $259.99 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $259.99 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $279.74 ↓ -74%
Aetna QHPExchange $290.70 ↓ -74%
BCBS BAV $294.14 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $299.48 ↓ -73%
Humana PPO $350.05 ↓ -68%
Humana HMO $350.05 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPOS $352.14 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBHMO $352.14 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPPO $352.14 ↓ -68%
Aetna COMMPOS $375.17 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMPPO $375.17 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMHMO $375.17 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $383.95 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $438.80 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $438.80 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPPO $439.90 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONHMO $439.90 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPOS $439.90 ↓ -60%
BCBS HMO $448.46 ↓ -59%
Aetna ASAPPO $475.00 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAHMO $475.00 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPOS $475.00 ↓ -57%
BCBS EPOSOA $480.12 ↓ -56%
United GlobalAppendix $493.65 ↓ -55%
BCBS PPO $510.45 ↓ -53%
Coventry National First Health COMM $584.70 ↓ -47%

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