Tl-201 thallium diag per mci 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

$1,024.18

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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.

$1,024.18

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.

$61.45 with Superior Health Plan vs $819.34 with TriWest Healthcare Alliance — 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
Superior Health Plan CHIP $61.45 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $61.45 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $61.45 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $61.45 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $61.45 ↓ -94%
Aetna MCR $67.90 ↓ -93%
United SmallGroup $78.80 ↓ -92%
United AllPayerAppendix $78.80 ↓ -92%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $78.80 ↓ -92%
Cigna CSN $80.61 ↓ -92%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $87.27 ↓ -91%
Cigna PPO $103.93 ↓ -90%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $133.14 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $133.14 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $133.14 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $133.14 ↓ -87%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $170.01 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $172.06 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $199.72 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $242.73 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $242.73 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $261.17 ↓ -74%
Molina Healthcare HIX $276.53 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $279.60 ↓ -73%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $297.53 ↓ -71%
BCBS BAV $327.89 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPOS $328.76 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBHMO $328.76 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPPO $328.76 ↓ -68%
Humana HMO $340.71 ↓ -67%
Humana PPO $340.71 ↓ -67%
Aetna COMMHMO $350.27 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMPOS $350.27 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMPPO $350.27 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $358.46 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $409.67 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $409.67 ↓ -60%
BCBS PPO $409.86 ↓ -60%
BCBS EPOSOA $409.86 ↓ -60%
BCBS HMO $409.86 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONHMO $410.70 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPOS $410.70 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPPO $410.70 ↓ -60%
Aetna ASAHMO $443.47 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPOS $443.47 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPPO $443.47 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $460.88 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $545.89 ↓ -47%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $819.34 ↓ -20%

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Tl-201 thallium diag per mci at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $27.09 $20.13 – $538.00
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $28.35 $21.87 – $538.00
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $33.78 $24.59 – $193.00
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $171.90 $38.72 – $954.90
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $28.35 $21.06 – $538.00
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $28.35 $21.06 – $538.00
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $33.78 $38.60 – $193.00
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $28.35 $21.06 – $538.00

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