Exchange drainage catheter 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

$11,901.24

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.

$11,901.24

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.

$606.24 with United vs $13,835.00 with Cigna — 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 $606.24 ↓ -95%
Molina Healthcare STAR $621.47 ↓ -95%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $621.47 ↓ -95%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $621.47 ↓ -95%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $621.47 ↓ -95%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $632.77 ↓ -95%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $632.77 ↓ -95%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $632.77 ↓ -95%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $632.77 ↓ -95%
Humana MCD $706.21 ↓ -94%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $713.22 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $948.00 ↓ -92%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $948.00 ↓ -92%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $948.00 ↓ -92%
Superior Health Plan STAR $948.00 ↓ -92%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $948.00 ↓ -92%
Aetna QHPExchange $1,430.00 ↓ -88%
Aetna NBPOS $1,899.00 ↓ -84%
Aetna NBHMO $1,899.00 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $1,975.61 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $1,999.41 ↓ -83%
Aetna COMMPOS $2,017.00 ↓ -83%
Aetna COMMHMO $2,017.00 ↓ -83%
United SmallGroup $2,030.00 ↓ -83%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $2,130.00 ↓ -82%
Aetna NBPPO $2,181.00 ↓ -82%
Aetna COMMPPO $2,317.00 ↓ -81%
Aetna OONHMO $2,374.00 ↓ -80%
Aetna OONPOS $2,374.00 ↓ -80%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $2,431.00 ↓ -80%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $2,434.00 ↓ -80%
Aetna ASAPOS $2,564.00 ↓ -78%
Aetna ASAHMO $2,564.00 ↓ -78%
Curative Administrators COMM $2,613.00 ↓ -78%
Aetna OONPPO $2,727.00 ↓ -77%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $2,820.59 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $2,820.59 ↓ -76%
United AllPayerAppendix $2,900.00 ↓ -76%
Aetna ASAPPO $2,947.00 ↓ -75%
Oscar HIX $2,979.00 ↓ -75%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $3,192.67 ↓ -73%
BCBS HMO $3,223.82 ↓ -73%
BCBS BAV $3,223.82 ↓ -73%
BCBS EPOSOA $3,737.76 ↓ -69%
BCBS Traditional $4,165.43 ↓ -65%
BCBS PPO $4,251.70 ↓ -64%
Humana PPO $4,690.00 ↓ -61%
Humana HMO $4,690.00 ↓ -61%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $4,760.50 ↓ -60%
United GlobalAppendix $5,355.56 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $6,343.36 ↓ -47%
Cigna CSN $10,740.00 ↓ -10%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $11,636.00 ↓ -2%
Cigna PPO $13,835.00 ↑ +16%

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