Neck Airway (Soft Tissue) X-ray at HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND

11100 Shadow Creek Pkwy, Pearland, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1609275585

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Sep 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 24, 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.

$31.41 with Amerigroup vs $1,233.30 with Multiplan — 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
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $31.41 —
Amerigroup MGMCD $31.41 —
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $31.74 —
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $31.74 —
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $31.74 —
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $31.74 —
United MGMCD $32.37 —
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $34.28 —
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $34.55 —
Molina Healthcare STAR $34.55 —
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $34.55 —
Molina Healthcare CHIP $34.55 —
Humana MCD $39.26 —
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $47.12 —
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $47.12 —
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $47.12 —
Cigna CSN $83.51 —
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $87.06 —
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $87.06 —
Superior Health Plan STARKids $87.06 —
Superior Health Plan STAR $87.06 —
Superior Health Plan CHIP $87.06 —
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $90.37 —
Cigna PPO $107.43 —
BCBS MyBlueHealth $140.47 —
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $153.71 —
BCBS BAV $177.98 —
United SmallGroup $182.03 —
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03 —
Aetna NBPOS $187.85 —
Aetna NBHMO $187.85 —
Aetna NBPPO $187.85 —
Aetna COMMHMO $199.87 —
Aetna COMMPPO $199.87 —
Aetna COMMPOS $199.87 —
Aetna OONPPO $235.00 —
Aetna OONHMO $235.00 —
Aetna OONPOS $235.00 —
United OptionsPPO $243.76 —
Aetna ASAPOS $254.09 —
Aetna ASAHMO $254.09 —
Aetna ASAPPO $254.09 —
BCBS HMO $271.35 —
BCBS EPOSOA $290.51 —
BCBS PPO $308.86 —
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $369.99 —
Evry Health BroadNetwork $396.11 —
Humana HMO $480.70 —
Humana PPO $480.70 —
BCBS Traditional $507.83 —
Curative Administrators COMM $580.38 —
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $580.38 —
United GlobalAppendix $652.92 —
Coventry National First Health COMM $751.59 —
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $1,088.20 —
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $1,233.30 —

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Neck Airway (Soft Tissue) X-ray at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $520.32 $307.27 – $307.27
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $191.89 $31.41 – $239.87
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $279.65 $57.56 – $419.47
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $237.76 $31.41 – $297.20
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $191.89 $31.41 – $239.87
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $279.65 $33.61 – $419.47
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $279.65 $31.41 – $419.47
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $237.76 $31.41 – $356.64

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