Microfluid analy tears 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.

$18.88 with Texas Childrens Health Plans vs $243.23 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
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $18.88
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $18.88
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $18.88
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $18.88
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $18.88
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $18.88
United MGMCD $19.26
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $20.39
Molina Healthcare STAR $20.77
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $20.77
Molina Healthcare CHIP $20.77
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $20.77
Oscar MGMCR $22.03
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $22.48
United AllPayerAppendix $22.48
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $22.48
United SmallGroup $22.48
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $22.48
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $22.48
Devoted Health MGMCR $22.48
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $22.48
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $22.48
BCBS MCRPPO $22.48
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $22.48
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $22.48
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $22.48
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $22.48
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $22.48
WellMed MGMCR $22.59
Aetna MCR $22.67
Van Lang IPA MCR $22.70
United MCR $22.93
WellCare MCRHMO $23.15
WellCare POS $23.15
WellCare PFFS $23.15
WellCare PPO $23.15
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $23.15
WellCare SNP $23.15
American Health Plan MGMCR $23.60
Humana MCD $23.60
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $23.60
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $23.60
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $23.60
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $23.60
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $23.60
Superior Health Plan PFFS $23.60
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $23.60
Shared Health MGMCR $23.60
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $23.83
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $23.83
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $23.83
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $23.83
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $23.83
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $24.33
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $24.33
Molina MGMCR $24.50
Verda Health Plan MCR $29.22
Community Health Choice HIX $32.60
Superior ValueHMO $32.60
Superior EPO $34.84
Superior HMO $34.84
BCBS MyBlueHealth $45.41
Molina Healthcare HIX $48.33
BCBS BAV $50.13
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $54.62
BCBS HMO $62.72
Oscar HIX $64.97
BCBS EPOSOA $67.22
BCBS PPO $71.71
Aetna QHPExchange $82.33
Cigna CSN $92.01
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $99.66
Aetna NBHMO $109.48
Aetna NBPOS $109.48
Aetna NBPPO $109.48
Aetna COMMPPO $116.31
Aetna COMMPOS $116.31
Aetna COMMHMO $116.31
Cigna PPO $118.58
Aetna OONPOS $136.64
Aetna OONHMO $136.64
Aetna OONPPO $136.64
Aetna ASAPPO $147.74
Aetna ASAHMO $147.74
Aetna ASAPOS $147.74
Humana PPO $243.23
Humana HMO $243.23
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