X-ray colon abdominal radiograph(s) & delayed images with glucagon double contrast study 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

$6,086.44

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$6,086.44

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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.

$175.06 with Texas Childrens Health Plans vs $3,244.07 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

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

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 $175.06 ↓ -97%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $175.06 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $180.34 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $180.34 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $180.34 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $180.34 ↓ -97%
United MGMCD $183.95 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $192.57 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STAR $192.57 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $192.57 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $192.57 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $194.77 ↓ -97%
Humana MCD $218.82 ↓ -96%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $320.71 ↓ -95%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $339.25 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $365.19 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $365.19 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $365.19 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $365.19 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $365.19 ↓ -94%
United SmallGroup $401.74 ↓ -93%
United AllPayerAppendix $401.74 ↓ -93%
BCBS BAV $406.35 ↓ -93%
Cigna CSN $600.30 ↓ -90%
BCBS HMO $619.55 ↓ -90%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $649.66 ↓ -89%
BCBS EPOSOA $663.28 ↓ -89%
BCBS PPO $705.19 ↓ -88%
Cigna PPO $772.27 ↓ -87%
Aetna QHPExchange $1,003.59 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $1,010.35 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $1,022.52 ↓ -83%
Aetna NBHMO $1,333.87 ↓ -78%
Aetna NBPOS $1,333.87 ↓ -78%
Aetna NBPPO $1,333.87 ↓ -78%
Aetna COMMHMO $1,418.92 ↓ -77%
Aetna COMMPOS $1,418.92 ↓ -77%
Aetna COMMPPO $1,418.92 ↓ -77%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,552.04 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $1,661.60 ↓ -73%
Aetna OONPPO $1,668.40 ↓ -73%
Aetna OONHMO $1,668.40 ↓ -73%
Aetna OONPOS $1,668.40 ↓ -73%
Aetna ASAPPO $1,803.06 ↓ -70%
Aetna ASAPOS $1,803.06 ↓ -70%
Aetna ASAHMO $1,803.06 ↓ -70%
BCBS Traditional $2,130.25 ↓ -65%
Curative Administrators COMM $2,434.58 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $2,434.58 ↓ -60%
United GlobalAppendix $2,738.90 ↓ -55%
Humana PPO $2,863.22 ↓ -53%
Humana HMO $2,863.22 ↓ -53%
Coventry National First Health COMM $3,244.07 ↓ -47%

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X-ray colon abdominal radiograph(s) & delayed images with glucagon double contrast study at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $785.86 $167.39 – $982.33
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $773.04 $159.12 – $1,159.56
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $922.66 $167.39 – $1,153.33
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $785.86 $167.39 – $982.33
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $773.04 $167.39 – $1,159.56
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $773.04 $175.06 – $1,159.56
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $922.66 $167.39 – $1,383.99
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $785.86 $167.39 – $982.33

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