Strep b assay w/optic 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.

$10.69 with Texas Childrens Health Plans vs $160.14 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 $10.69
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $10.69
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $10.69
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $10.69
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $10.69
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $10.69
United MGMCD $10.90
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $11.55
Molina Healthcare CHIP $11.76
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $11.76
Molina Healthcare STAR $11.76
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $11.76
Oscar MGMCR $12.48
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $12.73
United AllPayerAppendix $12.73
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $12.73
United SmallGroup $12.73
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $12.73
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $12.73
Devoted Health MGMCR $12.73
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $12.73
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $12.73
BCBS MCRPPO $12.73
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $12.73
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $12.73
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $12.73
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $12.73
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $12.73
WellMed MGMCR $12.79
Aetna MCR $12.84
Van Lang IPA MCR $12.86
United MCR $12.98
WellCare POS $13.11
WellCare SNP $13.11
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $13.11
WellCare PFFS $13.11
WellCare MCRHMO $13.11
WellCare PPO $13.11
Humana MCD $13.36
American Health Plan MGMCR $13.37
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $13.37
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $13.37
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $13.37
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $13.37
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $13.37
Superior Health Plan PFFS $13.37
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $13.37
Shared Health MGMCR $13.37
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $13.49
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $13.49
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $13.49
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $13.49
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $13.49
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $13.78
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $13.78
Molina MGMCR $13.88
Verda Health Plan MCR $16.55
Community Health Choice HIX $18.46
Superior ValueHMO $18.46
Superior EPO $19.73
Superior HMO $19.73
BCBS MyBlueHealth $25.71
Molina Healthcare HIX $27.37
BCBS BAV $28.39
BCBS HMO $35.52
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $35.96
Oscar HIX $36.79
BCBS EPOSOA $38.06
BCBS PPO $40.61
Aetna QHPExchange $46.61
Cigna CSN $52.96
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $57.36
Aetna NBHMO $61.98
Aetna NBPOS $61.98
Aetna NBPPO $61.98
Aetna COMMPPO $65.85
Aetna COMMPOS $65.85
Aetna COMMHMO $65.85
Cigna PPO $68.24
Aetna OONPOS $77.36
Aetna OONHMO $77.36
Aetna OONPPO $77.36
Aetna ASAPPO $83.65
Aetna ASAHMO $83.65
Aetna ASAPOS $83.65
Humana PPO $160.14
Humana HMO $160.14
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Strep b assay w/optic at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $723.35 $10.48 – $52.96
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $701.60 $10.69 – $52.96
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING $605.91 $10.69 – $52.96
CHRISTUS Health - West Beaumont Beaumont $172.59 $6.37 – $55.93
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $367.00 $10.48 – $52.96
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