Antibody influenza virus 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

$33.50

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.

$67.00

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.

$13.55 with Cigna vs $167.46 with Cigna — 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
Cigna Texas Healthspring Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo $13.55 ↓ -60%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo $13.75 ↓ -59%
Unitedhealthcare Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $13.82 ↓ -59%
Molina Healthcare Advantage Medicare Managed Care Plan $14.23 ↓ -58%
Community Health Choice D-Snp Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $14.50 ↓ -57%
Procare Advantage Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $14.90 ↓ -56%
Community Health Choice Silver & Gold Exchange $22.09 ↓ -34%
Optum Health Transplant Medicare Managed Care Plan $26.42 ↓ -21%
Molina Healthcare Exchange $27.10 ↓ -19%
Bcbs All Commercial Plans $56.37 ↑ +68%
Cigna Network C-24 Hmo/Ppo $158.19 ↑ +372%
Cigna Local Plus/Surefit Hmo/Ppo $158.19 ↑ +372%
Cigna Pcp Optional/Pcp Required Benefit Plans Hmo $167.46 ↑ +400%

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Antibody influenza virus at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $69.89 $10.00 – $87.36
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $65.79 $12.00 – $98.69
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $67.24 $11.38 – $84.05
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $69.89 $10.00 – $87.36
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $65.79 $12.00 – $98.69
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $65.79 $8.00 – $98.69
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $67.24 $11.38 – $100.85
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $69.89 $10.00 – $87.36

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