Tc-99m pertechnetate per mci 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

$165.94

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.

$165.94

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.

$4.19 with Cigna vs $132.75 with TriWest Healthcare Alliance — 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
Cigna CSN $4.19 ↓ -97%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $4.53 ↓ -97%
Cigna PPO $5.40 ↓ -97%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $7.70 ↓ -95%
BCBS BAV $8.49 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $9.96 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $9.96 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $9.96 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $9.96 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $9.96 ↓ -94%
BCBS PPO $10.61 ↓ -94%
BCBS EPOSOA $10.61 ↓ -94%
BCBS HMO $10.61 ↓ -94%
Aetna MCR $11.00 ↓ -93%
United SmallGroup $19.83 ↓ -88%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $19.83 ↓ -88%
United AllPayerAppendix $19.83 ↓ -88%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $21.57 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $21.57 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $21.57 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $21.57 ↓ -87%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $27.55 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $27.88 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $32.36 ↓ -80%
Humana HMO $38.28 ↓ -77%
Humana PPO $38.28 ↓ -77%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $39.33 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $39.33 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $42.31 ↓ -75%
Molina Healthcare HIX $44.80 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $45.30 ↓ -73%
Aetna NBPOS $53.27 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBHMO $53.27 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPPO $53.27 ↓ -68%
Aetna COMMPPO $56.75 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMHMO $56.75 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMPOS $56.75 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $58.08 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $66.38 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $66.38 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPPO $66.54 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPOS $66.54 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONHMO $66.54 ↓ -60%
Aetna ASAPPO $71.85 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPOS $71.85 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAHMO $71.85 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $74.67 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $88.45 ↓ -47%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $132.75 ↓ -20%

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Tc-99m pertechnetate per mci at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $191.98 $4.19 – $38.28
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $235.55 $4.19 – $38.28
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING $244.54 $4.19 – $38.28
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $8.82 $4.28 – $18.75
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $9.10 $3.54 – $26.00
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $58.98 $5.42 – $303.30
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $11.25 $8.41 – $73.00
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $9.10 $4.28 – $26.00

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