N. gonorrhoeae assay w/optic 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.

$20.63 with Texas Childrens Health Plans vs $265.74 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 $20.63
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $20.63
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $20.63
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $20.63
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $20.63
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $20.63
United MGMCD $21.04
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $22.28
Molina Healthcare STAR $22.69
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $22.69
Molina Healthcare CHIP $22.69
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $22.69
Oscar MGMCR $24.07
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $24.56
United AllPayerAppendix $24.56
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $24.56
United SmallGroup $24.56
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $24.56
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $24.56
Devoted Health MGMCR $24.56
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $24.56
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $24.56
BCBS MCRPPO $24.56
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $24.56
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $24.56
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $24.56
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $24.56
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $24.56
WellMed MGMCR $24.68
Aetna MCR $24.77
Van Lang IPA MCR $24.81
United MCR $25.05
WellCare MCRHMO $25.30
WellCare POS $25.30
WellCare PFFS $25.30
WellCare PPO $25.30
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $25.30
WellCare SNP $25.30
American Health Plan MGMCR $25.79
Humana MCD $25.79
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $25.79
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $25.79
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $25.79
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $25.79
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $25.79
Superior Health Plan PFFS $25.79
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $25.79
Shared Health MGMCR $25.79
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $26.03
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $26.03
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $26.03
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $26.03
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $26.03
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $26.58
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $26.58
Molina MGMCR $26.77
Verda Health Plan MCR $31.93
Community Health Choice HIX $35.61
Superior ValueHMO $35.61
Superior EPO $38.07
Superior HMO $38.07
BCBS MyBlueHealth $49.61
Molina Healthcare HIX $52.80
BCBS BAV $54.77
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $59.68
BCBS HMO $68.52
Oscar HIX $70.98
BCBS EPOSOA $73.43
BCBS PPO $78.35
Aetna QHPExchange $89.99
Cigna CSN $100.37
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $108.71
Aetna NBHMO $119.67
Aetna NBPOS $119.67
Aetna NBPPO $119.67
Aetna COMMPPO $127.14
Aetna COMMPOS $127.14
Aetna COMMHMO $127.14
Cigna PPO $129.34
Aetna OONPOS $149.36
Aetna OONHMO $149.36
Aetna OONPPO $149.36
Aetna ASAPPO $161.50
Aetna ASAHMO $161.50
Aetna ASAPOS $161.50
Humana PPO $265.74
Humana HMO $265.74
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N. gonorrhoeae assay w/optic at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas not published $22.10 – $94.56
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $20.22 – $100.37
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $20.63 – $100.37
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock not published $53.63 – $107.08
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $20.22 – $100.37
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $20.22 – $100.37
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $20.63 – $100.37
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $20.22 – $100.37

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