Shoulder Blade (Scapula) X-ray (both sides) at HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND

11100 Shadow Creek Pkwy, Pearland, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1609275585

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Sep 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 24, 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.

$23.73 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $1,744.52 with Multiplan — 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
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $23.73 —
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $23.73 —
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $23.73 —
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $23.73 —
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $24.06 —
Amerigroup MGMCD $24.06 —
United MGMCD $24.20 —
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $25.63 —
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $26.47 —
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $26.47 —
Molina Healthcare CHIP $26.47 —
Molina Healthcare STAR $26.47 —
Humana MCD $30.07 —
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $36.09 —
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $36.09 —
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $36.09 —
Cigna CSN $54.36 —
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $58.83 —
Cigna PPO $69.94 —
Superior Health Plan STAR $123.14 —
Superior Health Plan STARKids $123.14 —
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $123.14 —
Superior Health Plan CHIP $123.14 —
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $123.14 —
Aetna NBPOS $124.18 —
Aetna NBPPO $124.18 —
Aetna NBHMO $124.18 —
Aetna COMMPOS $132.13 —
Aetna COMMPPO $132.13 —
Aetna COMMHMO $132.13 —
Aetna OONPOS $155.35 —
Aetna OONPPO $155.35 —
Aetna OONHMO $155.35 —
Aetna ASAHMO $167.97 —
Aetna ASAPPO $167.97 —
Aetna ASAPOS $167.97 —
BCBS MyBlueHealth $197.26 —
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $207.04 —
United SmallGroup $245.18 —
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18 —
BCBS BAV $249.94 —
United OptionsPPO $344.80 —
BCBS HMO $381.07 —
BCBS EPOSOA $407.97 —
BCBS PPO $433.75 —
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $523.36 —
Evry Health BroadNetwork $560.30 —
Humana HMO $679.95 —
Humana PPO $679.95 —
BCBS Traditional $718.33 —
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $820.95 —
Curative Administrators COMM $820.95 —
United GlobalAppendix $923.57 —
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,063.13 —
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $1,539.29 —
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $1,744.52 —

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Shoulder Blade (Scapula) X-ray (both sides) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $540.58 $431.51 – $431.51
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $223.85 $24.06 – $279.81
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $276.52 $56.92 – $414.77
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $311.92 $24.06 – $389.89
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $223.85 $24.06 – $279.81
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $276.52 $25.74 – $414.77
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $276.52 $24.06 – $414.77
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $311.92 $24.06 – $467.87

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