Pyruvate 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.

$12.16 with Texas Childrens Health Plans vs $156.67 with Humana — 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
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $12.16
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $12.16
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $12.16
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $12.16
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $12.16
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $12.16
United MGMCD $12.40
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $13.13
Molina Healthcare STAR $13.38
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $13.38
Molina Healthcare CHIP $13.38
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $13.38
Oscar MGMCR $14.19
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $14.48
United AllPayerAppendix $14.48
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $14.48
United SmallGroup $14.48
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $14.48
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $14.48
Devoted Health MGMCR $14.48
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $14.48
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $14.48
BCBS MCRPPO $14.48
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $14.48
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $14.48
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $14.48
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $14.48
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $14.48
WellMed MGMCR $14.55
Aetna MCR $14.60
Van Lang IPA MCR $14.62
United MCR $14.77
WellCare MCRHMO $14.91
WellCare POS $14.91
WellCare PFFS $14.91
WellCare PPO $14.91
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $14.91
WellCare SNP $14.91
American Health Plan MGMCR $15.20
Humana MCD $15.20
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $15.20
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $15.20
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $15.20
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $15.20
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $15.20
Superior Health Plan PFFS $15.20
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $15.20
Shared Health MGMCR $15.20
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $15.35
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $15.35
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $15.35
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $15.35
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $15.35
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $15.67
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $15.67
Molina MGMCR $15.78
Verda Health Plan MCR $18.82
Community Health Choice HIX $21.00
Superior ValueHMO $21.00
Superior EPO $22.44
Superior HMO $22.44
BCBS MyBlueHealth $29.25
Molina Healthcare HIX $31.13
BCBS BAV $32.29
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $35.18
BCBS HMO $40.40
Oscar HIX $41.85
BCBS EPOSOA $43.30
BCBS PPO $46.19
Aetna QHPExchange $53.02
Cigna CSN $59.93
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $64.91
Aetna NBHMO $70.51
Aetna NBPOS $70.51
Aetna NBPPO $70.51
Aetna COMMPPO $74.91
Aetna COMMPOS $74.91
Aetna COMMHMO $74.91
Cigna PPO $77.23
Aetna OONPOS $88.00
Aetna OONHMO $88.00
Aetna OONPPO $88.00
Aetna ASAPPO $95.15
Aetna ASAHMO $95.15
Aetna ASAPOS $95.15
Humana PPO $156.67
Humana HMO $156.67
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