Quant diff pulm perf and vent w/imaging 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.

$282.01 with Texas Childrens Health Plans vs $4,823.93 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 STARKIDS $282.01
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $282.01
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $298.71
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $298.71
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $298.71
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $298.71
United MGMCD $304.68
Molina Healthcare CHIP $310.21
Molina Healthcare STAR $310.21
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $310.21
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $310.21
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $322.61
Humana MCD $352.51
BCBS MyBlueHealth $483.96
BCBS BAV $613.21
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $929.86
BCBS HMO $934.93
BCBS EPOSOA $1,000.93
BCBS PPO $1,064.17
United AllPayerAppendix $1,101.15
United SmallGroup $1,101.15
Aetna QHPExchange $1,480.85
Aetna NBPPO $1,968.20
Aetna NBHMO $1,968.20
Aetna NBPOS $1,968.20
Aetna COMMPOS $2,093.69
Aetna COMMPPO $2,093.69
Aetna COMMHMO $2,093.69
Aetna OONPOS $2,461.81
Aetna OONPPO $2,461.81
Aetna OONHMO $2,461.81
Aetna ASAHMO $2,660.52
Aetna ASAPPO $2,660.52
Aetna ASAPOS $2,660.52
Humana HMO $4,823.93
Humana PPO $4,823.93

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Quant diff pulm perf and vent w/imaging at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,610.93 $269.31 – $2,013.66
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,425.08 $293.33 – $2,137.63
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,425.08 $269.31 – $1,781.36
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,610.93 $269.31 – $2,013.66
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,425.08 $288.16 – $2,137.63
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,425.08 $269.31 – $2,137.63
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,425.08 $269.31 – $2,137.63
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $1,610.93 $269.31 – $2,013.66

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