Allograft umbil cord+amniotic membrane-q4148-cost per sq cm 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

$8,876.50

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.

$17,753.00

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.

$125.01 with Bcbs vs $759.66 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 $125.01 ↓ -99%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo $126.89 ↓ -99%
Unitedhealthcare Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $127.51 ↓ -99%
Cigna Texas Healthspring Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo $128.76 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare Advantage Medicare Managed Care Plan $131.26 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice D-Snp Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $133.76 ↓ -98%
Procare Advantage Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $137.51 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice Silver & Gold Exchange $203.77 ↓ -98%
Optum Health Transplant Medicare Managed Care Plan $243.77 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare Exchange $250.02 ↓ -97%
Cigna Network C-24 Hmo/Ppo $296.24 ↓ -97%
Cigna Local Plus/Surefit Hmo/Ppo $296.24 ↓ -97%
Cigna Pcp Optional/Pcp Required Benefit Plans Hmo $315.15 ↓ -96%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $759.66 ↓ -91%

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Allograft umbil cord+amniotic membrane-q4148-cost per sq cm at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $6,000.56 $441.22 – $1,176.71
Covenant Medical Center Lubbock $6,000.56 $125.01 – $441.22
Covenant Hospital Plainview Plainview $6,000.56 not published
Covenant Hospital Levelland Levelland $6,000.56 not published
Covenant Specialty Hospital Lubbock $6,000.56 not published
Houston Methodist The Woodlands Hospital The Woodlands $8,876.50 $125.01 – $250.02
Houston Methodist Cypress Hospital Cypress $8,876.50 $125.01 – $243.77
Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital Houston $8,876.50 $125.01 – $243.77

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