Metered dose inhaler drug 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.

$7.37 with Superior Health Plan vs $98.22 with TriWest Healthcare Alliance — 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
Superior Health Plan CHIP $7.37
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $7.37
Superior Health Plan STARKids $7.37
Superior Health Plan STAR $7.37
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $7.37
Aetna MCR $8.14
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $15.96
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $15.96
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $15.96
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $15.96
Cigna CSN $18.17
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $19.64
BCBS MyBlueHealth $20.01
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $20.38
United OptionsPPO $20.63
BCBS BAV $22.10
Cigna PPO $23.33
Oscar HIX $23.94
BCBS HMO $27.62
BCBS EPOSOA $28.24
BCBS PPO $28.73
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $29.10
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $29.10
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $31.31
Aetna QHPExchange $32.53
Molina Healthcare HIX $33.15
Evry Health BroadNetwork $33.52
Humana PPO $38.08
Humana HMO $38.08
Aetna NBPPO $39.41
Aetna NBPOS $39.41
Aetna NBHMO $39.41
Aetna COMMPPO $41.99
Aetna COMMHMO $41.99
Aetna COMMPOS $41.99
BCBS Traditional $42.97
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $49.11
Curative Administrators COMM $49.11
Aetna OONPPO $49.23
Aetna OONPOS $49.23
Aetna OONHMO $49.23
Aetna ASAPPO $53.16
Aetna ASAPOS $53.16
Aetna ASAHMO $53.16
United GlobalAppendix $55.25
Coventry National First Health COMM $65.44
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $98.22

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Metered dose inhaler drug at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $57.68 $17.04 – $133.69
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $431.10 $4.50 – $11.84
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $57.68 $22.73 – $133.69
St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital Lake Jackson $86.37 $26.80 – $116.12
St. Joseph Health Grimes Hospital Navasota $57.68 $22.73 – $148.40
St. Luke's Health Memorial Livingston Livingston $431.10 $2.61 – $11.84
St. Luke's Health Memorial San Augustine San Augustine $431.10 $2.14 – $12.32
St. Joseph Health Burleson Hospital Caldwell $57.68 $22.73 – $133.69

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