Irrigation syringe 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.

$3.94 with Oscar vs $30.88 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
Oscar MGMCR $3.94
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $4.02
BCBS MCRPPO $4.02
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $4.02
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $4.02
Devoted Health MGMCR $4.02
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $4.02
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $4.02
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $4.02
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $4.02
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $4.02
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $4.02
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $4.02
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $4.02
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $4.02
WellMed MGMCR $4.04
BCBS MyBlueHealth $4.05
Aetna MCR $4.05
Van Lang IPA MCR $4.06
United MCR $4.10
WellCare MCRHMO $4.14
WellCare PFFS $4.14
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $4.14
WellCare SNP $4.14
WellCare PPO $4.14
WellCare POS $4.14
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $4.22
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $4.22
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $4.22
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $4.22
Superior Health Plan PFFS $4.22
Shared Health MGMCR $4.22
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $4.22
American Health Plan MGMCR $4.22
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $4.22
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $4.26
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $4.26
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $4.26
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $4.26
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $4.26
Molina MGMCR $4.38
BCBS BAV $4.48
Verda Health Plan MCR $5.23
BCBS HMO $5.59
Superior ValueHMO $5.83
Community Health Choice HIX $5.83
BCBS EPOSOA $5.92
Superior EPO $6.23
Superior HMO $6.23
BCBS PPO $6.25
Molina Healthcare HIX $8.64
Humana PPO $30.88
Humana HMO $30.88

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