Fr frz plasma donor retested 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.

$51.00 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $470.93 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
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $51.00
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $51.00
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $51.00
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $51.00
United MGMCD $52.02
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $55.08
Aetna QHPExchange $65.94
Aetna NBPPO $87.69
Aetna NBHMO $87.69
Aetna NBPOS $87.69
Aetna COMMHMO $93.16
Aetna COMMPPO $93.16
Aetna COMMPOS $93.16
Aetna OONHMO $109.44
Aetna OONPOS $109.44
Aetna OONPPO $109.44
Aetna ASAPOS $118.33
Aetna ASAPPO $118.33
Aetna ASAHMO $118.33
Humana HMO $470.93
Humana PPO $470.93

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Fr frz plasma donor retested at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas not published $4,826.69 – $4,826.69
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $51.00 – $470.93
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $51.00 – $470.93
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $51.00 – $470.93
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $51.00 – $470.93
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $51.00 – $470.93
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $51.00 – $470.93
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $51.00 – $470.93

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