Metabolic panel ionized ca 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

$1,335.58

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.

$1,335.58

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.

$9.74 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $711.86 with Coventry National First Health — 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
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $9.74 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $9.74 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $9.74 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $9.74 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $9.74 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $9.74 ↓ -99%
United MGMCD $9.93 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $10.52 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $10.71 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $10.71 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $10.71 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STAR $10.71 ↓ -99%
Humana MCD $12.18 ↓ -99%
Oscar MGMCR $13.46 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MGMCR $13.73 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $13.73 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $13.73 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $13.73 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $13.73 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $13.73 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $13.73 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $13.73 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $13.73 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $13.73 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $13.73 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $13.73 ↓ -99%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $13.73 ↓ -99%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $13.73 ↓ -99%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $13.73 ↓ -99%
WellMed MGMCR $13.80 ↓ -99%
Aetna MCR $13.85 ↓ -99%
Van Lang IPA MCR $13.87 ↓ -99%
United MCR $14.00 ↓ -99%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $14.14 ↓ -99%
WellCare PFFS $14.14 ↓ -99%
WellCare MCRHMO $14.14 ↓ -99%
WellCare POS $14.14 ↓ -99%
WellCare PPO $14.14 ↓ -99%
WellCare SNP $14.14 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $14.42 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $14.42 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $14.42 ↓ -99%
American Health Plan MGMCR $14.42 ↓ -99%
Shared Health MGMCR $14.42 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $14.42 ↓ -99%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $14.42 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $14.42 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $14.42 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $14.55 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $14.55 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $14.55 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $14.55 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $14.55 ↓ -99%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $14.86 ↓ -99%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $14.86 ↓ -99%
Molina MGMCR $14.97 ↓ -99%
Verda Health Plan MCR $17.85 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice HIX $19.91 ↓ -99%
Superior ValueHMO $19.91 ↓ -99%
Superior EPO $21.28 ↓ -98%
Superior HMO $21.28 ↓ -98%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $27.73 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare HIX $29.52 ↓ -98%
BCBS BAV $30.62 ↓ -98%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $33.37 ↓ -98%
BCBS HMO $38.31 ↓ -97%
Oscar HIX $39.68 ↓ -97%
BCBS EPOSOA $41.05 ↓ -97%
BCBS PPO $43.80 ↓ -97%
Aetna QHPExchange $50.27 ↓ -96%
Cigna CSN $57.16 ↓ -96%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $61.91 ↓ -95%
Aetna NBHMO $66.86 ↓ -95%
Aetna NBPPO $66.86 ↓ -95%
Aetna NBPOS $66.86 ↓ -95%
Aetna COMMPOS $71.03 ↓ -95%
Aetna COMMHMO $71.03 ↓ -95%
Aetna COMMPPO $71.03 ↓ -95%
Cigna PPO $73.66 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $80.13 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $80.13 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $80.13 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $80.13 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $80.13 ↓ -94%
Aetna OONPOS $83.44 ↓ -94%
Aetna OONHMO $83.44 ↓ -94%
Aetna OONPPO $83.44 ↓ -94%
Aetna ASAPOS $90.22 ↓ -93%
Aetna ASAHMO $90.22 ↓ -93%
Aetna ASAPPO $90.22 ↓ -93%
Humana HMO $148.56 ↓ -89%
Humana PPO $148.56 ↓ -89%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $221.71 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $224.38 ↓ -83%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $364.61 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $467.45 ↓ -65%
United GlobalAppendix $601.01 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $711.86 ↓ -47%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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