Puncture arterial withdrawal blood for diagnosis 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.

$15.65 with Superior Health Plan vs $11,153.00 with Oscar — 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
Superior Health Plan CHIP $15.65
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $15.65
Superior Health Plan STARKids $15.65
Superior Health Plan STAR $15.65
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $15.65
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $33.90
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $33.90
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $33.90
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $33.90
Cigna CSN $38.60
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $41.73
BCBS MyBlueHealth $42.51
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $43.29
United OptionsPPO $43.81
BCBS BAV $46.94
Cigna PPO $49.55
BCBS HMO $58.68
BCBS EPOSOA $59.98
BCBS PPO $61.02
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $61.81
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $61.81
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $66.50
Aetna QHPExchange $69.11
Evry Health BroadNetwork $71.20
Humana HMO $83.22
Humana PPO $83.22
Aetna NBPOS $83.71
Aetna NBHMO $83.71
Aetna NBPPO $83.71
Aetna COMMPPO $89.19
Aetna COMMHMO $89.19
Aetna COMMPOS $89.19
BCBS Traditional $91.28
Curative Administrators COMM $104.32
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $104.32
Aetna OONPOS $104.58
Aetna OONHMO $104.58
Aetna OONPPO $104.58
Aetna ASAPOS $112.92
Aetna ASAHMO $112.92
Aetna ASAPPO $112.92
United GlobalAppendix $117.36
Coventry National First Health COMM $139.00
United SmallGroup $4,183.00
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $4,340.00
United AllPayerAppendix $5,976.00
Oscar HIX $11,153.00

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Puncture arterial withdrawal blood for diagnosis at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $287.08 $136.29 – $136.29
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $127.50 $10.00 – $316.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $96.17 $12.00 – $316.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $94.55 $12.00 – $316.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $127.50 $10.00 – $316.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $96.17 $12.00 – $316.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $96.17 $8.00 – $3,235.82
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $94.55 $12.00 – $316.45

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