Inj octafluoropropane mic,ml 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

$728.74

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.

$728.74

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.

$41.88 with TriWest Health Alliance vs $582.99 with TriWest Healthcare Alliance — 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
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $41.88 ↓ -94%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $41.88 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $43.72 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $43.72 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $43.72 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $43.72 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $43.72 ↓ -94%
Aetna MCR $48.32 ↓ -93%
United SmallGroup $66.35 ↓ -91%
United AllPayerAppendix $66.35 ↓ -91%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $66.35 ↓ -91%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $91.73 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $94.74 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $94.74 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $94.74 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $94.74 ↓ -87%
Cigna CSN $99.70 ↓ -86%
BCBS BAV $101.09 ↓ -86%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $107.94 ↓ -85%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $120.97 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $122.43 ↓ -83%
BCBS EPOSOA $126.36 ↓ -83%
BCBS HMO $126.36 ↓ -83%
BCBS PPO $126.36 ↓ -83%
Cigna PPO $128.54 ↓ -82%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $172.71 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $172.71 ↓ -76%
Molina Healthcare HIX $196.76 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $255.06 ↓ -65%
Humana HMO $316.26 ↓ -57%
Humana PPO $316.26 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $327.93 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $388.42 ↓ -47%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $582.99 ↓ -20%

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