X-ray exam entire spi 6/> vw 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.

$98.90 with Texas Childrens Health Plans vs $1,154.78 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 STAR $98.90
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $98.90
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $99.58
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $99.58
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $99.58
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $99.58
United MGMCD $101.57
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $107.55
Molina Healthcare CHIP $108.79
Molina Healthcare STAR $108.79
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $108.79
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $108.79
BCBS MyBlueHealth $121.79
Humana MCD $123.63
BCBS BAV $154.32
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $207.04
BCBS HMO $235.28
United SmallGroup $245.18
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
BCBS EPOSOA $251.89
BCBS PPO $267.80
Cigna CSN $288.37
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $312.08
Cigna PPO $370.98
Aetna QHPExchange $467.78
Aetna NBPOS $621.72
Aetna NBHMO $621.72
Aetna NBPPO $621.72
Aetna COMMPPO $661.36
Aetna COMMPOS $661.36
Aetna COMMHMO $661.36
Aetna OONPOS $777.64
Aetna OONPPO $777.64
Aetna OONHMO $777.64
Aetna ASAHMO $840.41
Aetna ASAPPO $840.41
Aetna ASAPOS $840.41
Humana HMO $1,154.78
Humana PPO $1,154.78

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X-ray exam entire spi 6/> vw at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $575.76 $98.90 – $719.70
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $591.21 $121.69 – $886.82
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $591.20 $98.90 – $739.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $575.76 $98.90 – $719.70
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $591.21 $99.77 – $886.82
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $591.21 $98.90 – $886.82
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $591.20 $98.90 – $886.81
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $575.76 $98.90 – $719.70

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