Term dev precision pinch dev 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.

$298.39 with Oscar vs $2,342.08 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
Oscar MGMCR $298.39
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $304.48
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $304.48
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $304.48
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $304.48
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $304.48
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $304.48
BCBS MCRPPO $304.48
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $304.48
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $304.48
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $304.48
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $304.48
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $304.48
Devoted Health MGMCR $304.48
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $304.48
WellMed MGMCR $306.00
Aetna MCR $307.07
Van Lang IPA MCR $307.52
United MCR $310.57
WellCare MCRHMO $313.61
WellCare PFFS $313.61
WellCare POS $313.61
WellCare PPO $313.61
WellCare SNP $313.61
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $313.61
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $319.70
American Health Plan MGMCR $319.70
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $319.70
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $319.70
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $319.70
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $319.70
Superior Health Plan PFFS $319.70
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $319.70
Shared Health MGMCR $319.70
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $322.75
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $322.75
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $322.75
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $322.75
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $322.75
Molina MGMCR $331.88
Verda Health Plan MCR $395.82
Superior ValueHMO $441.50
Community Health Choice HIX $441.50
Superior EPO $471.94
Superior HMO $471.94
Molina Healthcare HIX $654.63
Humana HMO $2,342.08
Humana PPO $2,342.08

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Term dev precision pinch dev at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $298.39 – $654.63
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $298.39 – $654.63
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $298.39 – $654.63
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $298.39 – $654.63
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $298.39 – $654.63
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $298.39 – $654.63
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $298.39 – $654.63
Covenant Medical Center Lubbock not published $304.48 – $321.23

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