Molded inner boot 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.

$509.92 with Oscar vs $4,002.46 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
Oscar MGMCR $509.92
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $520.33
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $520.33
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $520.33
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $520.33
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $520.33
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $520.33
BCBS MCRPPO $520.33
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $520.33
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $520.33
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $520.33
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $520.33
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $520.33
Devoted Health MGMCR $520.33
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $520.33
WellMed MGMCR $522.93
Aetna MCR $524.75
Van Lang IPA MCR $525.53
United MCR $530.74
WellCare MCRHMO $535.94
WellCare PFFS $535.94
WellCare POS $535.94
WellCare PPO $535.94
WellCare SNP $535.94
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $535.94
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $546.35
American Health Plan MGMCR $546.35
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $546.35
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $546.35
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $546.35
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $546.35
Superior Health Plan PFFS $546.35
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $546.35
Shared Health MGMCR $546.35
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $551.55
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $551.55
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $551.55
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $551.55
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $551.55
Molina MGMCR $567.16
Verda Health Plan MCR $676.43
Superior ValueHMO $754.48
Community Health Choice HIX $754.48
Superior EPO $806.51
Superior HMO $806.51
Molina Healthcare HIX $1,118.71
Humana HMO $4,002.46
Humana PPO $4,002.46

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Molded inner boot at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $509.92 – $1,118.71
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $509.92 – $1,118.71
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $509.92 – $1,118.71
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $509.92 – $1,118.71
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $509.92 – $1,118.71
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $509.92 – $1,118.71
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $509.92 – $1,118.71
Covenant Medical Center Lubbock not published $520.33 – $548.95

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