Ghs hgb stability-thal 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.

$7.95 with Texas Childrens Health Plans vs $113.07 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 $7.95
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $7.95
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $7.95
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $7.95
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $7.95
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $7.95
United MGMCD $8.11
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $8.59
Molina Healthcare STAR $8.75
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $8.75
Molina Healthcare CHIP $8.75
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $8.75
Oscar MGMCR $9.28
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $9.47
United AllPayerAppendix $9.47
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $9.47
United SmallGroup $9.47
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $9.47
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $9.47
Devoted Health MGMCR $9.47
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $9.47
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $9.47
BCBS MCRPPO $9.47
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $9.47
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $9.47
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $9.47
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $9.47
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $9.47
WellMed MGMCR $9.52
Aetna MCR $9.55
Van Lang IPA MCR $9.56
United MCR $9.66
WellCare MCRHMO $9.75
WellCare POS $9.75
WellCare PFFS $9.75
WellCare PPO $9.75
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $9.75
WellCare SNP $9.75
American Health Plan MGMCR $9.94
Humana MCD $9.94
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $9.94
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $9.94
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $9.94
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $9.94
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $9.94
Superior Health Plan PFFS $9.94
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $9.94
Shared Health MGMCR $9.94
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $10.04
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $10.04
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $10.04
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $10.04
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $10.04
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $10.25
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $10.25
Molina MGMCR $10.32
Verda Health Plan MCR $12.31
Community Health Choice HIX $13.73
Superior ValueHMO $13.73
Superior EPO $14.68
Superior HMO $14.68
BCBS MyBlueHealth $19.13
Molina Healthcare HIX $20.36
BCBS BAV $21.12
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $25.39
BCBS HMO $26.42
Oscar HIX $27.37
BCBS EPOSOA $28.32
BCBS PPO $30.21
Aetna QHPExchange $34.70
Cigna CSN $39.01
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $42.26
Aetna NBHMO $46.15
Aetna NBPOS $46.15
Aetna NBPPO $46.15
Aetna COMMPPO $49.03
Aetna COMMPOS $49.03
Aetna COMMHMO $49.03
Cigna PPO $50.28
Aetna OONPOS $57.60
Aetna OONHMO $57.60
Aetna OONPPO $57.60
Aetna ASAPPO $62.28
Aetna ASAHMO $62.28
Aetna ASAPOS $62.28
Humana PPO $113.07
Humana HMO $113.07
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