Tc-99m sulfur colloid at HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND
11100 Shadow Creek Pkwy, Pearland, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1609275585
$496.45
Cash price 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.
$496.45
Gross charge 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.
$29.79 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,239.81 with United — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $29.79 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $29.79 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $29.79 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $29.79 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $29.79 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | MCR | $32.91 | ↓ -93% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $64.54 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $64.54 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $64.54 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $64.54 | ↓ -87% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $82.41 | ↓ -83% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $83.40 | ↓ -83% |
| Oscar | HIX | $96.81 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $104.39 | ↓ -79% |
| BCBS | BAV | $115.04 | ↓ -77% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $117.66 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $117.66 | ↓ -76% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $126.59 | ↓ -75% |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $134.04 | ↓ -73% |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $135.53 | ↓ -73% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $143.80 | ↓ -71% |
| BCBS | PPO | $143.80 | ↓ -71% |
| BCBS | HMO | $143.80 | ↓ -71% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $159.36 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $159.36 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $159.36 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $169.79 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $169.79 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $169.79 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $173.76 | ↓ -65% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $198.58 | ↓ -60% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $198.58 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $199.08 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $199.08 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $199.08 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $214.96 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $214.96 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $214.96 | ↓ -57% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $223.40 | ↓ -55% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $264.61 | ↓ -47% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | Veterans | $397.16 | ↓ -20% |
| Humana | HMO | $625.02 | ↑ +26% |
| Humana | PPO | $625.02 | ↑ +26% |
| Cigna | CSN | $659.96 | ↑ +33% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $714.50 | ↑ +44% |
| Cigna | PPO | $850.86 | ↑ +71% |
| United | SmallGroup | $1,239.81 | ↑ +150% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $1,239.81 | ↑ +150% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $1,239.81 | ↑ +150% |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $205.55 | $58.24 – $291.20 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $205.55 | $42.31 – $308.33 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $205.55 | $41.11 – $256.94 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $205.55 | $54.81 – $291.20 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $205.55 | $65.98 – $308.33 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $205.55 | $106.20 – $308.33 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $205.55 | $68.52 – $308.33 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $205.55 | $54.81 – $291.20 |