Assay of urine sulfate at Houston Methodist Baytown Hospital
4401 Garth Road, Baytown, TX · Houstonmethodist · · NPI 1891789772
$20.50
Cash price 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.
$41.00
Gross charge 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.
$5.49 with Cigna vs $58.60 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Cigna | Texas Healthspring Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo | $5.49 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo | $5.57 | ↓ -73% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $5.60 | ↓ -73% |
| Molina Healthcare | Advantage Medicare Managed Care Plan | $5.76 | ↓ -72% |
| Community Health Choice | D-Snp Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $5.87 | ↓ -71% |
| Procare Advantage | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $6.04 | ↓ -71% |
| Community Health Choice | Silver & Gold Exchange | $8.95 | ↓ -56% |
| Optum Health | Transplant Medicare Managed Care Plan | $10.71 | ↓ -48% |
| Molina Healthcare | Exchange | $10.98 | ↓ -46% |
| Bcbs | All Commercial Plans | $22.84 | ↑ +11% |
| Cigna | Network C-24 Hmo/Ppo | $55.35 | ↑ +170% |
| Cigna | Local Plus/Surefit Hmo/Ppo | $55.35 | ↑ +170% |
| Cigna | Pcp Optional/Pcp Required Benefit Plans Hmo | $58.60 | ↑ +186% |
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Assay of urine sulfate at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $40.73 | $4.61 – $50.91 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $45.67 | $8.05 – $68.51 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $44.62 | $4.61 – $55.78 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $40.73 | $4.61 – $50.91 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $45.67 | $4.93 – $68.51 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $45.67 | $4.61 – $68.51 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $44.62 | $4.61 – $66.93 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $40.73 | $4.61 – $50.91 |