MRA w/cont, lwr ext 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.

$422.58 with Superior Health Plan vs $3,753.92 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
Superior Health Plan STARKids $422.58
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $422.58
Superior Health Plan CHIP $422.58
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $422.58
Superior Health Plan STAR $422.58
BCBS MyBlueHealth $672.06
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $699.43
United SmallGroup $828.27
United AllPayerAppendix $828.27
BCBS BAV $851.53
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $915.59
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $915.59
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $915.59
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $915.59
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $1,169.14
United OptionsPPO $1,183.22
BCBS HMO $1,298.29
BCBS EPOSOA $1,389.93
BCBS PPO $1,477.76
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $1,669.19
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $1,669.19
Aetna QHPExchange $1,866.39
Cigna CSN $2,127.00
Aetna NBHMO $2,260.80
Aetna NBPOS $2,260.80
Aetna NBPPO $2,260.80
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $2,304.00
Aetna COMMPOS $2,408.71
Aetna COMMHMO $2,408.71
Aetna COMMPPO $2,408.71
BCBS Traditional $2,465.05
Cigna PPO $2,739.00
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $2,817.20
Aetna OONHMO $2,824.24
Aetna OONPPO $2,824.24
Aetna OONPOS $2,824.24
Aetna ASAPOS $3,049.62
Aetna ASAPPO $3,049.62
Aetna ASAHMO $3,049.62
United GlobalAppendix $3,169.35
Coventry National First Health COMM $3,753.92

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MRA w/cont, lwr ext at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,691.95 $479.39 – $2,396.93
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,007.60 $413.23 – $3,011.40
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,007.60 $401.52 – $2,577.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,691.95 $451.19 – $2,577.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $2,007.60 $644.44 – $3,011.40
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $2,007.60 $952.69 – $3,011.40
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $2,007.60 $669.20 – $3,011.40
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $1,691.95 $451.19 – $2,396.93

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