Laryngoscopic sensory vid 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.

$146.67 with Christus (USFHP) 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
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $146.67
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $146.67
Oscar MGMCR $148.93
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $151.97
BCBS MCRPPO $151.97
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $151.97
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $151.97
Devoted Health MGMCR $151.97
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $151.97
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $151.97
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $151.97
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $151.97
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $151.97
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $151.97
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $151.97
WellMed MGMCR $152.73
Aetna MCR $153.26
Van Lang IPA MCR $153.49
United MCR $155.01
WellCare SNP $156.53
WellCare POS $156.53
WellCare MCRHMO $156.53
WellCare PFFS $156.53
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $156.53
WellCare PPO $156.53
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $159.57
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $159.57
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $159.57
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $159.57
Superior Health Plan PFFS $159.57
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $159.57
Shared Health MGMCR $159.57
American Health Plan MGMCR $159.57
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $159.57
BCBS MyBlueHealth $160.22
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $161.09
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $161.09
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $161.09
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $161.09
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $161.09
Molina MGMCR $165.65
BCBS BAV $176.65
Verda Health Plan MCR $197.56
Superior ValueHMO $220.36
Community Health Choice HIX $220.36
BCBS PPO $221.16
BCBS EPOSOA $221.16
BCBS HMO $221.16
Superior HMO $235.55
Superior EPO $235.55
Molina Healthcare HIX $326.74
Humana PPO $4,690.00
Humana HMO $4,690.00

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