X-ray ribs w/posterior anterior chest 3 views left 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.

$42.44 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $1,365.73 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 $42.44
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $42.44
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $42.44
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $42.44
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $42.44
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $42.44
United MGMCD $43.29
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $45.84
Molina Healthcare CHIP $46.68
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $46.68
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $46.68
Molina Healthcare STAR $46.68
Humana MCD $53.05
Cigna CSN $107.78
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $116.65
Cigna PPO $138.66
Superior Health Plan STAR $153.74
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $153.74
Superior Health Plan CHIP $153.74
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $153.74
Superior Health Plan STARKids $153.74
Aetna QHPExchange $175.02
BCBS MyBlueHealth $197.26
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $207.04
Aetna NBHMO $232.62
Aetna NBPOS $232.62
Aetna NBPPO $232.62
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
United SmallGroup $245.18
Aetna COMMPPO $247.45
Aetna COMMPOS $247.45
Aetna COMMHMO $247.45
BCBS BAV $249.94
Aetna OONPPO $290.95
Aetna OONHMO $290.95
Aetna OONPOS $290.95
Aetna ASAPOS $314.44
Aetna ASAPPO $314.44
Aetna ASAHMO $314.44
BCBS HMO $381.07
BCBS EPOSOA $407.97
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $425.35
Humana PPO $427.80
Humana HMO $427.80
United OptionsPPO $430.47
BCBS PPO $433.75
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $653.40
Evry Health BroadNetwork $699.52
BCBS Traditional $896.82
Curative Administrators COMM $1,024.94
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,024.94
United GlobalAppendix $1,153.05
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,365.73

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X-ray ribs w/posterior anterior chest 3 views left at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $788.15 $431.51 – $431.51
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $394.69 $42.44 – $493.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $394.69 $81.24 – $592.04
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $370.58 $42.44 – $463.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $394.69 $42.44 – $493.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $394.69 $45.41 – $592.04
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $394.69 $42.44 – $592.04
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $370.58 $42.44 – $555.88

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