Tailbone (Sacrum and Coccyx) X-ray 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.

$32.75 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $1,771.60 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 STAR+PLUS $32.75 —
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $32.75 —
Amerigroup MGMCD $32.75 —
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $32.75 —
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $32.75 —
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $32.75 —
United MGMCD $33.41 —
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $35.37 —
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $36.03 —
Molina Healthcare CHIP $36.03 —
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $36.03 —
Molina Healthcare STAR $36.03 —
Humana MCD $40.94 —
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $49.13 —
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $49.13 —
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $49.13 —
Cigna CSN $88.37 —
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $95.64 —
Cigna PPO $113.68 —
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $125.05 —
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $125.05 —
Superior Health Plan STARKids $125.05 —
Superior Health Plan STAR $125.05 —
Superior Health Plan CHIP $125.05 —
BCBS MyBlueHealth $140.47 —
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $153.71 —
BCBS BAV $177.98 —
United SmallGroup $182.03 —
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03 —
Aetna NBPOS $198.96 —
Aetna NBHMO $198.96 —
Aetna NBPPO $198.96 —
Aetna COMMHMO $211.70 —
Aetna COMMPPO $211.70 —
Aetna COMMPOS $211.70 —
Aetna OONPPO $248.91 —
Aetna OONHMO $248.91 —
Aetna OONPOS $248.91 —
Aetna ASAHMO $269.13 —
Aetna ASAPPO $269.13 —
Aetna ASAPOS $269.13 —
BCBS HMO $271.35 —
BCBS EPOSOA $290.51 —
BCBS PPO $308.86 —
United OptionsPPO $350.15 —
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $531.48 —
Evry Health BroadNetwork $569.00 —
Humana HMO $690.51 —
Humana PPO $690.51 —
BCBS Traditional $729.48 —
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $833.70 —
Curative Administrators COMM $833.70 —
United GlobalAppendix $937.91 —
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,079.64 —
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $1,563.18 —
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $1,771.60 —

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Tailbone (Sacrum and Coccyx) X-ray at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $683.63 $307.27 – $307.27
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $278.57 $32.75 – $348.21
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $278.57 $57.34 – $417.85
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $327.92 $32.75 – $409.90
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $278.57 $32.75 – $348.21
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $278.57 $35.04 – $417.85
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $278.57 $32.75 – $417.85
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $327.92 $32.75 – $491.88

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