Quant diff pulm perf 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.

$188.11 with Texas Childrens Health Plans vs $3,066.36 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 $188.11
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $188.11
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $198.81
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $198.81
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $198.81
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $198.81
United MGMCD $202.79
Molina Healthcare CHIP $206.92
Molina Healthcare STAR $206.92
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $206.92
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $206.92
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $214.71
Humana MCD $235.14
BCBS MyBlueHealth $303.20
BCBS BAV $384.16
BCBS HMO $585.72
BCBS EPOSOA $627.06
BCBS PPO $666.68
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $716.53
United AllPayerAppendix $848.52
United SmallGroup $848.52
Aetna QHPExchange $939.09
Aetna NBPPO $1,248.14
Aetna NBHMO $1,248.14
Aetna NBPOS $1,248.14
Aetna COMMPOS $1,327.73
Aetna COMMPPO $1,327.73
Aetna COMMHMO $1,327.73
Aetna OONPOS $1,561.17
Aetna OONPPO $1,561.17
Aetna OONHMO $1,561.17
Aetna ASAHMO $1,687.18
Aetna ASAPPO $1,687.18
Aetna ASAPOS $1,687.18
Humana HMO $3,066.36
Humana PPO $3,066.36

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Quant diff pulm perf w/imaging at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,199.16 $181.76 – $1,498.95
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,091.69 $224.71 – $1,637.53
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,023.08 $181.76 – $1,278.85
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,199.16 $181.76 – $1,498.95
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,091.69 $194.48 – $1,637.53
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,091.69 $181.76 – $1,637.53
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,023.08 $181.76 – $1,534.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $1,199.16 $181.76 – $1,498.95

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