Fetal hemoglobin (kleihauer betke) 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.

$6.49 with Texas Childrens Health Plans vs $103.33 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
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $6.49
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $6.49
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $6.49
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $6.49
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $6.49
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $6.49
United MGMCD $6.62
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $7.01
Molina Healthcare CHIP $7.14
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $7.14
Molina Healthcare STAR $7.14
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $7.14
Oscar MGMCR $7.58
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $7.73
United AllPayerAppendix $7.73
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $7.73
United SmallGroup $7.73
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $7.73
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $7.73
Devoted Health MGMCR $7.73
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $7.73
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $7.73
BCBS MCRPPO $7.73
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $7.73
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $7.73
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $7.73
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $7.73
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $7.73
WellMed MGMCR $7.77
Aetna MCR $7.80
Van Lang IPA MCR $7.81
United MCR $7.88
WellCare POS $7.96
WellCare SNP $7.96
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $7.96
WellCare PFFS $7.96
WellCare MCRHMO $7.96
WellCare PPO $7.96
Humana MCD $8.11
American Health Plan MGMCR $8.12
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $8.12
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $8.12
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $8.12
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $8.12
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $8.12
Superior Health Plan PFFS $8.12
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $8.12
Shared Health MGMCR $8.12
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $8.19
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $8.19
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $8.19
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $8.19
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $8.19
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $8.37
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $8.37
Molina MGMCR $8.43
Verda Health Plan MCR $10.05
Community Health Choice HIX $11.21
Superior ValueHMO $11.21
Superior EPO $11.98
Superior HMO $11.98
BCBS MyBlueHealth $15.61
Molina Healthcare HIX $16.62
BCBS BAV $17.24
BCBS HMO $21.57
Oscar HIX $22.34
BCBS EPOSOA $23.11
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $23.21
BCBS PPO $24.66
Aetna QHPExchange $28.29
Cigna CSN $32.04
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $34.71
Aetna NBHMO $37.63
Aetna NBPOS $37.63
Aetna NBPPO $37.63
Aetna COMMPPO $39.97
Aetna COMMPOS $39.97
Aetna COMMHMO $39.97
Cigna PPO $41.29
Aetna OONPOS $46.96
Aetna OONHMO $46.96
Aetna OONPPO $46.96
Aetna ASAPPO $50.78
Aetna ASAHMO $50.78
Aetna ASAPOS $50.78
Humana PPO $103.33
Humana HMO $103.33
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Fetal hemoglobin (kleihauer betke) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $166.89 $6.49 – $114.68
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $122.61 $11.33 – $131.07
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $119.04 $6.49 – $109.22
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $166.89 $6.49 – $114.68
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $122.61 $6.94 – $131.07
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $122.61 $6.49 – $131.07
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $119.04 $6.49 – $131.07
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $166.89 $6.49 – $114.68

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