Pq vrtbrplst 1 bdy inj lmb-scr w/img ini 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

$39,123.91

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.

$39,123.91

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.

$1,167.76 with United vs $20,853.04 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
United MGMCD $1,167.76 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $1,197.10 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STAR $1,197.10 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $1,197.10 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $1,197.10 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $1,218.86 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $1,218.86 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $1,218.86 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $1,218.86 ↓ -97%
Humana MCD $1,360.34 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $1,373.83 ↓ -96%
Aetna QHPExchange $2,156.00 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $2,369.00 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $2,369.00 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $2,369.00 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $2,369.00 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $2,369.00 ↓ -94%
Aetna NBHMO $2,864.00 ↓ -93%
Aetna NBPOS $2,864.00 ↓ -93%
Aetna COMMHMO $3,044.00 ↓ -92%
Aetna COMMPOS $3,044.00 ↓ -92%
Aetna NBPPO $3,108.00 ↓ -92%
Aetna COMMPPO $3,303.00 ↓ -92%
Aetna OONHMO $3,582.00 ↓ -91%
Aetna OONPOS $3,582.00 ↓ -91%
Aetna ASAHMO $3,870.00 ↓ -90%
Aetna ASAPOS $3,870.00 ↓ -90%
Aetna OONPPO $3,886.00 ↓ -90%
Aetna ASAPPO $4,197.00 ↓ -89%
Humana HMO $4,690.00 ↓ -88%
Humana PPO $4,690.00 ↓ -88%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $4,988.00 ↓ -87%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $5,611.77 ↓ -86%
BCBS BAV $5,666.52 ↓ -86%
BCBS HMO $5,666.52 ↓ -86%
Curative Administrators COMM $5,849.00 ↓ -85%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $6,077.00 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $6,494.57 ↓ -83%
BCBS EPOSOA $6,569.88 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $6,572.82 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $7,014.00 ↓ -82%
BCBS PPO $7,473.24 ↓ -81%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $9,272.37 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $9,272.37 ↓ -76%
Cigna CSN $11,690.00 ↓ -70%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $12,665.00 ↓ -68%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $13,134.00 ↓ -66%
United SmallGroup $13,300.00 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $13,693.37 ↓ -65%
Cigna PPO $15,059.00 ↓ -62%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $15,649.56 ↓ -60%
United GlobalAppendix $17,605.76 ↓ -55%
United AllPayerAppendix $19,000.00 ↓ -51%
Coventry National First Health COMM $20,853.04 ↓ -47%

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