Sickling rbc 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.

$4.63 with Texas Childrens Health Plans vs $73.58 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 $4.63
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $4.63
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $4.63
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $4.63
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $4.63
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $4.63
United MGMCD $4.72
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $5.00
Molina Healthcare STAR $5.09
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $5.09
Molina Healthcare CHIP $5.09
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $5.09
Oscar MGMCR $5.40
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $5.51
United AllPayerAppendix $5.51
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $5.51
United SmallGroup $5.51
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $5.51
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $5.51
Devoted Health MGMCR $5.51
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $5.51
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $5.51
BCBS MCRPPO $5.51
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $5.51
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $5.51
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $5.51
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $5.51
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $5.51
WellMed MGMCR $5.54
Aetna MCR $5.56
Van Lang IPA MCR $5.57
United MCR $5.62
WellCare MCRHMO $5.68
WellCare POS $5.68
WellCare PFFS $5.68
WellCare PPO $5.68
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $5.68
WellCare SNP $5.68
American Health Plan MGMCR $5.79
Humana MCD $5.79
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $5.79
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $5.79
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $5.79
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $5.79
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $5.79
Superior Health Plan PFFS $5.79
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $5.79
Shared Health MGMCR $5.79
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $5.84
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $5.84
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $5.84
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $5.84
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $5.84
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $5.96
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $5.96
Molina MGMCR $6.01
Verda Health Plan MCR $7.16
Community Health Choice HIX $7.99
Superior ValueHMO $7.99
Superior EPO $8.54
Superior HMO $8.54
BCBS MyBlueHealth $11.13
Molina Healthcare HIX $11.85
BCBS BAV $12.29
BCBS HMO $15.37
Oscar HIX $15.92
BCBS EPOSOA $16.47
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $16.52
BCBS PPO $17.58
Aetna QHPExchange $20.20
Cigna CSN $22.30
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $24.15
Aetna NBHMO $26.86
Aetna NBPOS $26.86
Aetna NBPPO $26.86
Aetna COMMPPO $28.53
Aetna COMMPOS $28.53
Aetna COMMHMO $28.53
Cigna PPO $28.74
Aetna OONPOS $33.52
Aetna OONHMO $33.52
Aetna OONPPO $33.52
Aetna ASAPPO $36.24
Aetna ASAHMO $36.24
Aetna ASAPOS $36.24
Humana PPO $73.58
Humana HMO $73.58
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