Potassium chloride 10 meq/100ml in sterile water intravenous piggyback 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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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.

$0.14 with BCBS vs $64.39 with TriWest Healthcare Alliance — 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

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

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
BCBS MyBlueHealth $0.14
BCBS BAV $0.15
BCBS EPOSOA $0.19
BCBS PPO $0.19
BCBS HMO $0.19
United SmallGroup $0.20
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $0.20
United AllPayerAppendix $0.20
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $0.21
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $0.21
Cigna CSN $0.41
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $0.45
Cigna PPO $0.53
Humana HMO $1.46
Humana PPO $1.46
Superior Health Plan CHIP $4.83
Superior Health Plan STAR $4.83
Superior Health Plan STARKids $4.83
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $4.83
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $4.83
Aetna MCR $5.34
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $10.46
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $10.46
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $10.46
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $10.46
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $13.36
United OptionsPPO $13.52
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $19.08
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $19.08
Molina Healthcare HIX $21.73
BCBS Traditional $28.17
United GlobalAppendix $36.22
Coventry National First Health COMM $42.90
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $64.39

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Potassium chloride 10 meq/100ml in sterile water intravenous piggyback at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $544.35 $0.27 – $0.27
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $97.20 $0.14 – $20.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $97.20 $0.14 – $21.65
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $97.20 $0.14 – $18.05
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $97.20 $0.14 – $20.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $97.20 $0.14 – $21.65
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $97.20 $0.14 – $21.65
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $97.20 $0.14 – $21.65

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