Mycobacteria dna amp probe 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.

$40.52 with Texas Childrens Health Plans vs $521.96 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 $40.52
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $40.52
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $40.52
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $40.52
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $40.52
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $40.52
United MGMCD $41.33
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $43.76
Molina Healthcare STAR $44.57
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $44.57
Molina Healthcare CHIP $44.57
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $44.57
Oscar MGMCR $47.28
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $48.24
United AllPayerAppendix $48.24
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $48.24
United SmallGroup $48.24
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $48.24
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $48.24
Devoted Health MGMCR $48.24
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $48.24
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $48.24
BCBS MCRPPO $48.24
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $48.24
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $48.24
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $48.24
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $48.24
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $48.24
WellMed MGMCR $48.48
Aetna MCR $48.65
Van Lang IPA MCR $48.72
United MCR $49.20
WellCare MCRHMO $49.69
WellCare POS $49.69
WellCare PFFS $49.69
WellCare PPO $49.69
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $49.69
WellCare SNP $49.69
American Health Plan MGMCR $50.65
Humana MCD $50.65
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $50.65
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $50.65
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $50.65
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $50.65
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $50.65
Superior Health Plan PFFS $50.65
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $50.65
Shared Health MGMCR $50.65
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $51.13
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $51.13
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $51.13
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $51.13
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $51.13
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $52.21
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $52.21
Molina MGMCR $52.58
Verda Health Plan MCR $62.71
Community Health Choice HIX $69.95
Superior ValueHMO $69.95
Superior EPO $74.77
Superior HMO $74.77
BCBS MyBlueHealth $97.44
Molina Healthcare HIX $103.72
BCBS BAV $107.58
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $117.22
BCBS HMO $134.59
Oscar HIX $139.41
BCBS EPOSOA $144.24
BCBS PPO $153.89
Aetna QHPExchange $176.70
Cigna CSN $197.92
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $214.38
Aetna NBHMO $234.99
Aetna NBPOS $234.99
Aetna NBPPO $234.99
Aetna COMMPPO $249.65
Aetna COMMPOS $249.65
Aetna COMMHMO $249.65
Cigna PPO $255.06
Aetna OONPOS $293.28
Aetna OONHMO $293.28
Aetna OONPPO $293.28
Aetna ASAPPO $317.11
Aetna ASAHMO $317.11
Aetna ASAPOS $317.11
Humana PPO $521.96
Humana HMO $521.96
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