Artery x-rays adrenal gland 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

$7,479.00

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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.

$14,958.00

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.

$387.58 with Aetna vs $6,343.74 with Molina Healthcare — 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
Aetna New Business Discount Other Commercial Plan $387.58 ↓ -95%
Aetna Hmo/Pos/Ppo $399.38 ↓ -95%
Bcbs All Commercial Plans $442.41 ↓ -94%
Bcbs Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $3,171.87 ↓ -58%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo $3,219.45 ↓ -57%
Unitedhealthcare Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $3,235.31 ↓ -57%
Cigna Texas Healthspring Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo $3,267.03 ↓ -56%
Molina Healthcare Advantage Medicare Managed Care Plan $3,330.46 ↓ -55%
Community Health Choice D-Snp Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $3,393.90 ↓ -55%
Procare Advantage Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $3,489.06 ↓ -53%
Cigna Local Plus/Surefit Hmo/Ppo $4,259.00 ↓ -43%
Cigna Network C-24 Hmo/Ppo $4,259.25 ↓ -43%
Cigna Pcp Optional/Pcp Required Benefit Plans Hmo $4,508.91 ↓ -40%
Community Health Choice Silver & Gold Exchange $5,170.15 ↓ -31%
Optum Health Transplant Medicare Managed Care Plan $6,185.14 ↓ -17%
Molina Healthcare Exchange $6,343.74 ↓ -15%

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Artery x-rays adrenal gland at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,001.74 $153.70 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $6,385.15 $375.38 – $9,577.72
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $6,446.54 $153.70 – $8,058.17
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $2,001.74 $153.70 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $6,385.15 $164.46 – $9,577.72
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $6,385.15 $153.70 – $9,577.72
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $6,446.54 $153.70 – $9,669.81
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $2,001.74 $153.70 – $7,896.23

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