Fees w/laryngeal sense test 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.

$224.43 with Oscar vs $4,690.00 with Humana — 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
Oscar MGMCR $224.43
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $225.63
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $225.63
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $229.01
BCBS MCRPPO $229.01
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $229.01
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $229.01
Devoted Health MGMCR $229.01
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $229.01
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $229.01
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $229.01
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $229.01
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $229.01
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $229.01
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $229.01
WellMed MGMCR $230.16
Aetna MCR $230.96
Van Lang IPA MCR $231.30
United MCR $233.59
WellCare PFFS $235.88
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $235.88
WellCare MCRHMO $235.88
WellCare PPO $235.88
WellCare SNP $235.88
WellCare POS $235.88
BCBS MyBlueHealth $239.50
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $240.46
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $240.46
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $240.46
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $240.46
Superior Health Plan PFFS $240.46
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $240.46
Shared Health MGMCR $240.46
American Health Plan MGMCR $240.46
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $240.46
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $242.75
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $242.75
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $242.75
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $242.75
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $242.75
Molina MGMCR $249.62
BCBS BAV $264.06
Verda Health Plan MCR $297.71
BCBS PPO $330.59
BCBS EPOSOA $330.59
BCBS HMO $330.59
Community Health Choice HIX $332.06
Superior ValueHMO $332.06
Superior HMO $354.97
Superior EPO $354.97
Molina Healthcare HIX $492.37
Humana PPO $4,690.00
Humana HMO $4,690.00

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Fees w/laryngeal sense test at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas not published $394.05 – $394.05
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $224.43 – $492.37
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $224.43 – $492.37
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock not published $349.01 – $349.01
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $215.74 – $473.30
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $224.43 – $492.37
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $224.43 – $492.37
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $224.43 – $492.37

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