Macro exam dissect molec study ea 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.

$8.03 with United vs $61.57 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 AllPayerAppendix $8.03
United SmallGroup $8.03
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $8.03
BCBS MyBlueHealth $13.84
BCBS BAV $15.28
BCBS HMO $19.11
BCBS EPOSOA $20.48
BCBS PPO $21.85
Aetna QHPExchange $29.84
Cigna CSN $31.78
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $34.42
Aetna NBPPO $39.68
Aetna NBPOS $39.68
Aetna NBHMO $39.68
Cigna PPO $40.96
Aetna COMMPPO $42.15
Aetna COMMPOS $42.15
Aetna COMMHMO $42.15
Aetna OONPPO $49.52
Aetna OONPOS $49.52
Aetna OONHMO $49.52
Aetna ASAPPO $53.54
Aetna ASAPOS $53.54
Aetna ASAHMO $53.54
Humana PPO $61.57
Humana HMO $61.57
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