Thyroid mets imag whole body 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.

$290.70 with Texas Childrens Health Plans vs $4,966.90 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 STARKIDS $290.70
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $290.70
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $308.40
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $308.40
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $308.40
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $308.40
United MGMCD $314.57
Molina Healthcare CHIP $319.77
Molina Healthcare STAR $319.77
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $319.77
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $319.77
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $333.07
Humana MCD $363.38
BCBS MyBlueHealth $498.56
BCBS BAV $631.69
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $929.86
BCBS HMO $963.12
BCBS EPOSOA $1,031.10
BCBS PPO $1,096.25
United AllPayerAppendix $1,101.15
United SmallGroup $1,101.15
Aetna QHPExchange $1,534.38
Aetna NBPPO $2,039.34
Aetna NBHMO $2,039.34
Aetna NBPOS $2,039.34
Aetna COMMPOS $2,169.37
Aetna COMMPPO $2,169.37
Aetna COMMHMO $2,169.37
Aetna OONPOS $2,550.79
Aetna OONPPO $2,550.79
Aetna OONHMO $2,550.79
Aetna ASAHMO $2,756.68
Aetna ASAPPO $2,756.68
Aetna ASAPOS $2,756.68
Humana HMO $4,966.90
Humana PPO $4,966.90

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