Pq dr cath chg w cont s&i 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.

$120.51 with BCBS vs $3,610.84 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
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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
BCBS MyBlueHealth $120.51
BCBS BAV $152.69
BCBS HMO $232.80
BCBS EPOSOA $249.23
BCBS PPO $264.98
Superior Health Plan STAR $270.81
Superior Health Plan STARKids $270.81
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $270.81
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $270.81
Superior Health Plan CHIP $270.81
Aetna MCR $299.25
Aetna QHPExchange $358.25
Aetna NBPPO $476.15
Aetna NBHMO $476.15
Aetna NBPOS $476.15
Aetna COMMHMO $506.51
Aetna COMMPOS $506.51
Aetna COMMPPO $506.51
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $586.76
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $586.76
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $586.76
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $586.76
Aetna OONHMO $595.56
Aetna OONPOS $595.56
Aetna OONPPO $595.56
Aetna ASAPOS $643.63
Aetna ASAHMO $643.63
Aetna ASAPPO $643.63
Cigna CSN $668.01
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $722.17
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $749.25
United OptionsPPO $758.28
Cigna PPO $857.57
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $1,069.71
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $1,069.71
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,150.96
Molina Healthcare HIX $1,218.66
Evry Health BroadNetwork $1,232.20
Humana HMO $1,247.89
Humana PPO $1,247.89
BCBS Traditional $1,579.74
Curative Administrators COMM $1,805.42
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,805.42
United GlobalAppendix $2,031.10
Coventry National First Health COMM $2,405.72
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $3,610.84

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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $633.97 $136.94 – $898.12
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $745.67 $385.26 – $1,118.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $531.83 $177.28 – $797.74
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