X-ray elbow 2 views (both sides) 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.

$29.40 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $950.62 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 $29.40
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $29.40
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $29.40
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $29.40
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $29.40
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $29.40
United MGMCD $29.99
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $31.75
Molina Healthcare CHIP $32.34
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $32.34
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $32.34
Molina Healthcare STAR $32.34
Humana MCD $36.75
Cigna CSN $77.44
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $83.80
Cigna PPO $99.62
Superior Health Plan STAR $107.01
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $107.01
Superior Health Plan CHIP $107.01
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $107.01
Superior Health Plan STARKids $107.01
Aetna QHPExchange $125.25
BCBS MyBlueHealth $140.47
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $153.71
Aetna NBHMO $166.46
Aetna NBPOS $166.46
Aetna NBPPO $166.46
Aetna COMMPPO $177.08
Aetna COMMPOS $177.08
Aetna COMMHMO $177.08
BCBS BAV $177.98
United SmallGroup $182.03
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
Aetna OONPPO $208.21
Aetna OONHMO $208.21
Aetna OONPOS $208.21
Aetna ASAHMO $225.02
Aetna ASAPPO $225.02
Aetna ASAPOS $225.02
BCBS HMO $271.35
BCBS EPOSOA $290.51
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $296.06
United OptionsPPO $299.63
BCBS PPO $308.86
Humana PPO $334.51
Humana HMO $334.51
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $454.80
Evry Health BroadNetwork $486.90
BCBS Traditional $624.23
Curative Administrators COMM $713.41
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $713.41
United GlobalAppendix $802.58
Coventry National First Health COMM $950.62

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X-ray elbow 2 views (both sides) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $575.95 $307.27 – $307.27
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $291.94 $29.40 – $364.93
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $303.76 $62.52 – $455.63
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $349.14 $29.40 – $436.43
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $291.94 $29.40 – $364.93
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $303.76 $31.46 – $455.63
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $303.76 $29.40 – $455.63
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $349.14 $29.40 – $523.71

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