Hand X-ray (2 views, both hands) at HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND

11100 Shadow Creek Pkwy, Pearland, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1609275585

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Sep 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 24, 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.

$31.41 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $1,954.18 with Multiplan — 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 STAR+PLUS $31.41 —
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $31.41 —
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $31.41 —
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $31.41 —
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $31.74 —
Amerigroup MGMCD $31.74 —
United MGMCD $32.04 —
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $33.92 —
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $34.91 —
Molina Healthcare STAR $34.91 —
Molina Healthcare CHIP $34.91 —
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $34.91 —
Humana MCD $39.67 —
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $47.61 —
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $47.61 —
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $47.61 —
Cigna CSN $84.71 —
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $91.68 —
Cigna PPO $108.98 —
Superior Health Plan CHIP $137.94 —
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $137.94 —
Superior Health Plan STARKids $137.94 —
Superior Health Plan STAR $137.94 —
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $137.94 —
Aetna NBPOS $190.70 —
Aetna NBPPO $190.70 —
Aetna NBHMO $190.70 —
BCBS MyBlueHealth $197.26 —
Aetna COMMHMO $202.91 —
Aetna COMMPOS $202.91 —
Aetna COMMPPO $202.91 —
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $207.04 —
Aetna OONHMO $238.57 —
Aetna OONPOS $238.57 —
Aetna OONPPO $238.57 —
United SmallGroup $245.18 —
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18 —
BCBS BAV $249.94 —
Aetna ASAPOS $257.95 —
Aetna ASAHMO $257.95 —
Aetna ASAPPO $257.95 —
BCBS HMO $381.07 —
United OptionsPPO $386.24 —
BCBS EPOSOA $407.97 —
BCBS PPO $433.75 —
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $586.26 —
Evry Health BroadNetwork $627.64 —
Humana PPO $761.67 —
Humana HMO $761.67 —
BCBS Traditional $804.66 —
Curative Administrators COMM $919.62 —
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $919.62 —
United GlobalAppendix $1,034.57 —
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,190.90 —
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $1,724.28 —
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $1,954.18 —

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Hand X-ray (2 views, both hands) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $495.15 $431.51 – $431.51
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $318.00 $31.74 – $397.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $356.60 $73.40 – $534.90
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $342.93 $31.74 – $428.66
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $318.00 $31.74 – $397.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $356.60 $33.96 – $534.90
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $356.60 $31.74 – $534.90
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $342.93 $31.74 – $514.39

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