Test urine for lactose 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.

$9.45 with Texas Childrens Health Plans vs $121.73 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
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $9.45
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $9.45
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $9.45
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $9.45
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $9.45
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $9.45
United MGMCD $9.64
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $10.21
Molina Healthcare STAR $10.39
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $10.39
Molina Healthcare CHIP $10.39
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $10.39
Oscar MGMCR $11.03
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $11.25
United AllPayerAppendix $11.25
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $11.25
United SmallGroup $11.25
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $11.25
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $11.25
Devoted Health MGMCR $11.25
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $11.25
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $11.25
BCBS MCRPPO $11.25
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $11.25
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $11.25
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $11.25
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $11.25
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $11.25
WellMed MGMCR $11.31
Aetna MCR $11.35
Van Lang IPA MCR $11.36
United MCR $11.47
WellCare MCRHMO $11.59
WellCare POS $11.59
WellCare PFFS $11.59
WellCare PPO $11.59
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $11.59
WellCare SNP $11.59
American Health Plan MGMCR $11.81
Humana MCD $11.81
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $11.81
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $11.81
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $11.81
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $11.81
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $11.81
Superior Health Plan PFFS $11.81
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $11.81
Shared Health MGMCR $11.81
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $11.93
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $11.93
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $11.93
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $11.93
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $11.93
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $12.18
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $12.18
Molina MGMCR $12.26
Verda Health Plan MCR $14.63
Community Health Choice HIX $16.31
Superior ValueHMO $16.31
Superior EPO $17.44
Superior HMO $17.44
BCBS MyBlueHealth $22.73
Molina Healthcare HIX $24.19
BCBS BAV $25.09
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $27.34
BCBS HMO $31.39
Oscar HIX $32.51
BCBS EPOSOA $33.64
BCBS PPO $35.89
Aetna QHPExchange $41.21
Cigna CSN $45.98
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $49.81
Aetna NBHMO $54.81
Aetna NBPOS $54.81
Aetna NBPPO $54.81
Aetna COMMPPO $58.23
Aetna COMMPOS $58.23
Aetna COMMHMO $58.23
Cigna PPO $59.26
Aetna OONPOS $68.40
Aetna OONHMO $68.40
Aetna OONPPO $68.40
Aetna ASAPPO $73.96
Aetna ASAHMO $73.96
Aetna ASAPOS $73.96
Humana PPO $121.73
Humana HMO $121.73
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Test urine for lactose at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas not published $10.13 – $43.31
CHRISTUS Children's Hospital San Antonio not published $9.45 – $17.26
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