Albumin, human 25 % intravenous solution at Houston Methodist Baytown Hospital

4401 Garth Road, Baytown, TX · Houstonmethodist · · NPI 1891789772

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

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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.

$21.23 with Bcbs vs $125.58 with Unitedhealthcare — 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
Bcbs Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $21.23
Cigna Texas Healthspring Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo $21.23
Aetna Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo $21.55
Unitedhealthcare Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $21.66
Molina Healthcare Advantage Medicare Managed Care Plan $22.29
Community Health Choice D-Snp Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $22.72
Procare Advantage Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $23.35
Community Health Choice Silver & Gold Exchange $34.61
Optum Health Transplant Medicare Managed Care Plan $41.40
Molina Healthcare Exchange $42.46
Aetna New Business Discount Other Commercial Plan $47.13
Aetna Hmo/Pos/Ppo $48.62
Cigna Network C-24 Hmo/Ppo $66.29
Cigna Local Plus/Surefit Hmo/Ppo $66.29
Cigna Pcp Optional/Pcp Required Benefit Plans Hmo $70.53
Bcbs All Commercial Plans $97.03
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $125.58

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Albumin, human 25 % intravenous solution at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $765.64 $95.79 – $4,826.69
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Allen Allen $174.30 $32.47 – $82.06
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Flower Mound Flower Mound $174.30 $50.95 – $82.06
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Alliance Fort Worth $174.30 $32.47 – $82.06
Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital Arlington $174.30 $32.47 – $82.06
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Denton Denton $174.30 $32.47 – $82.06
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Plano Plano $174.30 $32.47 – $82.06
Texas Health Hospital Rockwall Rockwall $174.30 $50.95 – $82.06

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