Echo tee probe placement image acquisition interpretation & report 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.

$241.58 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $3,556.51 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
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $241.58
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $241.58
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $241.58
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $241.58
United MGMCD $246.41
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $259.49
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $259.49
Molina Healthcare STAR $259.49
Molina Healthcare CHIP $259.49
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $260.91
Humana MCD $294.88
BCBS MyBlueHealth $325.52
BCBS BAV $358.90
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $400.36
Superior Health Plan STARKids $400.36
Superior Health Plan STAR $400.36
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $400.36
Superior Health Plan CHIP $400.36
BCBS EPOSOA $449.33
BCBS PPO $449.33
BCBS HMO $449.33
Cigna CSN $987.55
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $1,067.62
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $1,107.66
United OptionsPPO $1,121.00
Cigna PPO $1,267.80
Humana HMO $1,288.31
Humana PPO $1,288.31
Oscar HIX $1,301.16
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $1,581.41
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $1,581.41
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,701.52
Aetna QHPExchange $1,768.25
Evry Health BroadNetwork $1,821.63
Aetna NBPPO $2,141.91
Aetna NBPOS $2,141.91
Aetna NBHMO $2,141.91
Aetna COMMPOS $2,282.04
Aetna COMMHMO $2,282.04
Aetna COMMPPO $2,282.04
BCBS Traditional $2,335.42
Curative Administrators COMM $2,669.05
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $2,669.05
Aetna OONHMO $2,675.72
Aetna OONPOS $2,675.72
Aetna OONPPO $2,675.72
Aetna ASAPOS $2,889.25
Aetna ASAHMO $2,889.25
Aetna ASAPPO $2,889.25
United GlobalAppendix $3,002.68
Coventry National First Health COMM $3,556.51

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