Ost urine pch w b/bltin conv 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

$245.50

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.

$245.50

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.

$11.90 with Oscar vs $130.85 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
Oscar MGMCR $11.90 ↓ -95%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $12.14 ↓ -95%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $12.14 ↓ -95%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $12.14 ↓ -95%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $12.14 ↓ -95%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $12.14 ↓ -95%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $12.14 ↓ -95%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $12.14 ↓ -95%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $12.14 ↓ -95%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $12.14 ↓ -95%
BCBS MCRPPO $12.14 ↓ -95%
Devoted Health MGMCR $12.14 ↓ -95%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $12.14 ↓ -95%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $12.14 ↓ -95%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $12.14 ↓ -95%
WellMed MGMCR $12.20 ↓ -95%
Aetna MCR $12.24 ↓ -95%
Van Lang IPA MCR $12.26 ↓ -95%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $12.26 ↓ -95%
United MCR $12.38 ↓ -95%
WellCare POS $12.50 ↓ -95%
WellCare PPO $12.50 ↓ -95%
WellCare SNP $12.50 ↓ -95%
WellCare MCRHMO $12.50 ↓ -95%
WellCare PFFS $12.50 ↓ -95%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $12.50 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $12.75 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $12.75 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $12.75 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $12.75 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $12.75 ↓ -95%
Shared Health MGMCR $12.75 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $12.75 ↓ -95%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $12.75 ↓ -95%
American Health Plan MGMCR $12.75 ↓ -95%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $12.87 ↓ -95%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $12.87 ↓ -95%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $12.87 ↓ -95%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $12.87 ↓ -95%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $12.87 ↓ -95%
Molina MGMCR $13.23 ↓ -95%
BCBS BAV $13.55 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $14.73 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $14.73 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $14.73 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $14.73 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $14.73 ↓ -94%
Verda Health Plan MCR $15.78 ↓ -94%
BCBS HMO $16.91 ↓ -93%
Community Health Choice HIX $17.60 ↓ -93%
Superior ValueHMO $17.60 ↓ -93%
BCBS EPOSOA $17.90 ↓ -93%
Superior EPO $18.82 ↓ -92%
Superior HMO $18.82 ↓ -92%
BCBS PPO $18.89 ↓ -92%
Molina Healthcare HIX $26.10 ↓ -89%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $31.91 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $31.91 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $31.91 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $31.91 ↓ -87%
Cigna CSN $36.33 ↓ -85%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $39.28 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $40.75 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $41.24 ↓ -83%
Cigna PPO $46.65 ↓ -81%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $58.18 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $58.18 ↓ -76%
BCBS Traditional $85.92 ↓ -65%
Humana HMO $93.31 ↓ -62%
Humana PPO $93.31 ↓ -62%
United GlobalAppendix $110.47 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $130.85 ↓ -47%

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Ost urine pch w b/bltin conv at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $11.90 – $26.10
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $11.90 – $26.10
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock not published $11.37 – $11.37
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $11.90 – $26.10
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $11.90 – $26.10
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $11.90 – $26.10
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $11.90 – $26.10
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $11.90 – $26.10

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