Hand X-ray 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.

$37.09 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $788.12 with Coventry National First Health — 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 $37.09
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $37.09
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $37.09
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $37.09
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $37.43
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $37.43
United MGMCD $37.83
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $40.06
Molina Healthcare CHIP $41.17
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $41.17
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $41.17
Molina Healthcare STAR $41.17
Humana MCD $46.79
Superior Health Plan STAR $88.72
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $88.72
Superior Health Plan STARKids $88.72
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $88.72
Superior Health Plan CHIP $88.72
Cigna CSN $104.13
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $112.69
Cigna PPO $133.96
BCBS MyBlueHealth $140.47
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $153.71
Aetna QHPExchange $167.09
BCBS BAV $177.98
United SmallGroup $182.03
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
Aetna NBHMO $222.08
Aetna NBPOS $222.08
Aetna NBPPO $222.08
Aetna COMMPOS $236.24
Aetna COMMPPO $236.24
Aetna COMMHMO $236.24
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $245.46
United OptionsPPO $248.41
BCBS HMO $271.35
Aetna OONPOS $277.77
Aetna OONPPO $277.77
Aetna OONHMO $277.77
BCBS EPOSOA $290.51
Aetna ASAPPO $300.19
Aetna ASAHMO $300.19
Aetna ASAPOS $300.19
BCBS PPO $308.86
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $377.06
Humana PPO $402.96
Humana HMO $402.96
Evry Health BroadNetwork $403.67
BCBS Traditional $517.53
Curative Administrators COMM $591.46
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $591.46
United GlobalAppendix $665.39
Coventry National First Health COMM $788.12

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Hand X-ray at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $586.01 $307.27 – $307.27
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $317.78 $37.43 – $397.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $390.52 $80.38 – $585.78
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $382.93 $37.43 – $478.67
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $317.78 $37.43 – $397.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $390.52 $40.05 – $585.78
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $390.52 $37.43 – $585.78
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $382.93 $37.43 – $574.40

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