Injection into brain canal 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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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.

$116.05 with United vs $4,690.00 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
United MGMCD $116.05
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $118.97
Molina Healthcare CHIP $118.97
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $118.97
Molina Healthcare STAR $118.97
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $121.13
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $121.13
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $121.13
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $121.13
Humana MCD $135.19
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $136.52
BCBS MyBlueHealth $536.63
BCBS HMO $541.86
BCBS BAV $541.86
BCBS EPOSOA $628.25
BCBS PPO $714.63
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $948.00
Superior Health Plan CHIP $948.00
Superior Health Plan STAR $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARKids $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $948.00
United SmallGroup $1,120.00
Aetna QHPExchange $1,430.00
United AllPayerAppendix $1,600.00
Curative Administrators COMM $1,672.00
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1,702.00
Aetna NBPOS $1,899.00
Aetna NBHMO $1,899.00
Aetna COMMHMO $2,017.00
Aetna COMMPOS $2,017.00
Oscar HIX $2,128.00
Aetna NBPPO $2,181.00
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $2,251.00
Evry Health BroadNetwork $2,315.00
Aetna COMMPPO $2,317.00
Aetna OONPOS $2,374.00
Aetna OONHMO $2,374.00
Cigna CSN $2,428.00
Aetna ASAPOS $2,564.00
Aetna ASAHMO $2,564.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $2,631.00
Aetna OONPPO $2,727.00
Aetna ASAPPO $2,947.00
Cigna PPO $3,128.00
Humana HMO $4,690.00
Humana PPO $4,690.00

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Injection into brain canal at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,090.69 $108.15 – $1,363.36
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $933.60 $71.00 – $2,975.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $980.28 $71.00 – $2,975.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,090.69 $108.15 – $1,363.36
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $933.60 $85.00 – $2,975.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $933.60 $108.15 – $1,400.40
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $980.28 $71.00 – $2,975.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $1,090.69 $108.15 – $1,363.36

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