Shoe heel thomas with wedge 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.

$70.83 with Oscar vs $555.96 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
Oscar MGMCR $70.83
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $72.28
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $72.28
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $72.28
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $72.28
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $72.28
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $72.28
BCBS MCRPPO $72.28
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $72.28
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $72.28
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $72.28
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $72.28
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $72.28
Devoted Health MGMCR $72.28
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $72.28
WellMed MGMCR $72.64
Aetna MCR $72.89
Van Lang IPA MCR $73.00
United MCR $73.73
WellCare MCRHMO $74.45
WellCare PFFS $74.45
WellCare POS $74.45
WellCare PPO $74.45
WellCare SNP $74.45
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $74.45
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $75.89
American Health Plan MGMCR $75.89
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $75.89
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $75.89
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $75.89
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $75.89
Superior Health Plan PFFS $75.89
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $75.89
Shared Health MGMCR $75.89
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $76.62
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $76.62
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $76.62
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $76.62
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $76.62
Molina MGMCR $78.79
Verda Health Plan MCR $93.96
Superior ValueHMO $104.81
Community Health Choice HIX $104.81
Superior EPO $112.03
Superior HMO $112.03
Molina Healthcare HIX $155.40
Humana HMO $555.96
Humana PPO $555.96

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Shoe heel thomas with wedge at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $70.83 – $155.40
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $70.83 – $155.40
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $70.83 – $155.40
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $70.83 – $155.40
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $70.83 – $155.40
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $70.83 – $155.40
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $70.83 – $155.40
Covenant Medical Center Lubbock not published $72.28 – $76.26

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