Methylprednisolone acetate 40 mg/ml suspension for injection 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

$562.10

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.

$562.10

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.

$0.11 with TriWest Health Alliance vs $449.68 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
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $0.11 ↓ -100%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $0.11 ↓ -100%
United AllPayerAppendix $0.20 ↓ -100%
United SmallGroup $0.20 ↓ -100%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $0.20 ↓ -100%
Cigna CSN $0.29 ↓ -100%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $0.30 ↓ -100%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $0.31 ↓ -100%
BCBS BAV $0.33 ↓ -100%
Cigna PPO $0.37 ↓ -100%
BCBS HMO $0.41 ↓ -100%
BCBS EPOSOA $0.41 ↓ -100%
BCBS PPO $0.41 ↓ -100%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $33.73 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $33.73 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $33.73 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $33.73 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $33.73 ↓ -94%
Aetna MCR $37.27 ↓ -93%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $73.07 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $73.07 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $73.07 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $73.07 ↓ -87%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $93.31 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $94.43 ↓ -83%
Superior HMO $98.37 ↓ -82%
Superior EPO $98.37 ↓ -82%
Superior ValueHMO $111.30 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $133.22 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $133.22 ↓ -76%
Molina Healthcare HIX $151.77 ↓ -73%
Humana HMO $179.37 ↓ -68%
Humana PPO $179.37 ↓ -68%
BCBS Traditional $196.74 ↓ -65%
United GlobalAppendix $252.94 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $299.60 ↓ -47%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $449.68 ↓ -20%

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