Test sock wrist disart/bel e 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.

$371.14 with Oscar vs $2,913.04 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 $371.14
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $378.71
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $378.71
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $378.71
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $378.71
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $378.71
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $378.71
BCBS MCRPPO $378.71
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $378.71
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $378.71
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $378.71
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $378.71
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $378.71
Devoted Health MGMCR $378.71
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $378.71
WellMed MGMCR $380.60
Aetna MCR $381.93
Van Lang IPA MCR $382.50
United MCR $386.28
WellCare MCRHMO $390.07
WellCare PFFS $390.07
WellCare POS $390.07
WellCare PPO $390.07
WellCare SNP $390.07
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $390.07
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $397.65
American Health Plan MGMCR $397.65
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $397.65
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $397.65
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $397.65
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $397.65
Superior Health Plan PFFS $397.65
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $397.65
Shared Health MGMCR $397.65
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $401.43
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $401.43
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $401.43
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $401.43
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $401.43
Molina MGMCR $412.79
Verda Health Plan MCR $492.32
Superior ValueHMO $549.13
Community Health Choice HIX $549.13
Superior EPO $587.00
Superior HMO $587.00
Molina Healthcare HIX $814.23
Humana HMO $2,913.04
Humana PPO $2,913.04

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Test sock wrist disart/bel e at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $371.14 – $814.23
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $371.14 – $814.23
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $371.14 – $814.23
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $371.14 – $814.23
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $371.14 – $814.23
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $371.14 – $814.23
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $371.14 – $814.23
Covenant Medical Center Lubbock not published $378.71 – $399.54

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