X-ray abdomen >=3 views 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

$2,440.39

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.

$2,440.39

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.

$43.10 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $1,300.73 with Coventry National First Health — 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
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $43.10 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $43.10 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $43.10 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $43.10 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $43.10 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $43.10 ↓ -98%
United MGMCD $43.96 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $46.55 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $47.41 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $47.41 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $47.41 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STAR $47.41 ↓ -98%
Humana MCD $53.88 ↓ -98%
Cigna CSN $110.20 ↓ -95%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $119.26 ↓ -95%
Cigna PPO $141.77 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $146.42 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $146.42 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $146.42 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $146.42 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $146.42 ↓ -94%
Aetna QHPExchange $180.96 ↓ -93%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $197.26 ↓ -92%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $207.04 ↓ -92%
Aetna NBHMO $240.52 ↓ -90%
Aetna NBPOS $240.52 ↓ -90%
Aetna NBPPO $240.52 ↓ -90%
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18 ↓ -90%
United SmallGroup $245.18 ↓ -90%
BCBS BAV $249.94 ↓ -90%
Aetna COMMPOS $255.86 ↓ -90%
Aetna COMMHMO $255.86 ↓ -90%
Aetna COMMPPO $255.86 ↓ -90%
Aetna OONPOS $300.84 ↓ -88%
Aetna OONPPO $300.84 ↓ -88%
Aetna OONHMO $300.84 ↓ -88%
Aetna ASAPPO $325.12 ↓ -87%
Aetna ASAPOS $325.12 ↓ -87%
Aetna ASAHMO $325.12 ↓ -87%
BCBS HMO $381.07 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $405.10 ↓ -83%
BCBS EPOSOA $407.97 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $409.99 ↓ -83%
BCBS PPO $433.75 ↓ -82%
Humana PPO $440.13 ↓ -82%
Humana HMO $440.13 ↓ -82%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $622.30 ↓ -74%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $666.23 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $854.14 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $976.16 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $976.16 ↓ -60%
United GlobalAppendix $1,098.18 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,300.73 ↓ -47%

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X-ray abdomen >=3 views at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $646.31 $431.51 – $431.51
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $244.51 $43.10 – $305.64
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $331.54 $68.24 – $497.30
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $344.12 $43.10 – $430.15
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $244.51 $43.10 – $305.64
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $331.54 $46.12 – $497.30
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $331.54 $43.10 – $497.30
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $344.12 $43.10 – $516.19

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