Dx bronchoscope/lavage 31624 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

$11,532.63

Cash price

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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.

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$11,532.63

Gross charge

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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.

$564.11 with United vs $6,146.89 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
United MGMCD $564.11 ↓ -95%
Molina Healthcare STAR $578.28 ↓ -95%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $578.28 ↓ -95%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $578.28 ↓ -95%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $578.28 ↓ -95%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $588.80 ↓ -95%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $588.80 ↓ -95%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $588.80 ↓ -95%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $588.80 ↓ -95%
Humana MCD $657.14 ↓ -94%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $663.66 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $948.00 ↓ -92%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $948.00 ↓ -92%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $948.00 ↓ -92%
Superior Health Plan STAR $948.00 ↓ -92%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $948.00 ↓ -92%
Aetna QHPExchange $1,579.00 ↓ -86%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $1,914.42 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $1,937.48 ↓ -83%
United SmallGroup $2,030.00 ↓ -82%
Aetna NBHMO $2,098.00 ↓ -82%
Aetna NBPOS $2,098.00 ↓ -82%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $2,130.00 ↓ -82%
Aetna COMMPOS $2,229.00 ↓ -81%
Aetna COMMHMO $2,229.00 ↓ -81%
Aetna NBPPO $2,299.00 ↓ -80%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $2,431.00 ↓ -79%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $2,434.00 ↓ -79%
Aetna COMMPPO $2,444.00 ↓ -79%
Curative Administrators COMM $2,613.00 ↓ -77%
Aetna OONHMO $2,623.00 ↓ -77%
Aetna OONPOS $2,623.00 ↓ -77%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $2,733.23 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $2,733.23 ↓ -76%
Aetna ASAHMO $2,832.00 ↓ -75%
Aetna ASAPOS $2,832.00 ↓ -75%
Aetna OONPPO $2,876.00 ↓ -75%
United AllPayerAppendix $2,900.00 ↓ -75%
Cigna CSN $2,915.00 ↓ -75%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $2,932.75 ↓ -75%
BCBS BAV $2,961.36 ↓ -74%
BCBS HMO $2,961.36 ↓ -74%
Oscar HIX $2,979.00 ↓ -74%
Aetna ASAPPO $3,106.00 ↓ -73%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $3,158.00 ↓ -73%
BCBS EPOSOA $3,433.46 ↓ -70%
Cigna PPO $3,755.00 ↓ -67%
BCBS PPO $3,905.57 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $4,036.42 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $4,613.05 ↓ -60%
Humana HMO $4,690.00 ↓ -59%
Humana PPO $4,690.00 ↓ -59%
United GlobalAppendix $5,189.68 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $6,146.89 ↓ -47%

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Dx bronchoscope/lavage 31624 at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $4,599.84 $1,245.13 – $4,524.00
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $1,655.64 $2,838.24 – $3,547.80
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $2,562.70 $1,285.00 – $7,322.00
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $879.03 $639.94 – $5,023.00
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $2,562.70 $1,285.00 – $7,322.00
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $2,562.70 $1,285.00 – $7,322.00
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $879.03 $2,762.65 – $5,023.00
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $2,562.70 $1,976.94 – $7,322.00

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