Perq plmt bile duct stent at Houston Methodist Baytown Hospital
4401 Garth Road, Baytown, TX · Houstonmethodist · · NPI 1891789772
$3,124.00
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.
$6,248.00
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.
$6,073.08 with Bcbs vs $12,146.15 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.
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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| Bcbs | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $6,073.08 | ↑ +94% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo | $6,164.17 | ↑ +97% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $6,194.54 | ↑ +98% |
| Cigna | Texas Healthspring Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo | $6,255.27 | ↑ +100% |
| Molina Healthcare | Advantage Medicare Managed Care Plan | $6,376.73 | ↑ +104% |
| Community Health Choice | D-Snp Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $6,498.19 | ↑ +108% |
| Procare Advantage | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $6,680.38 | ↑ +114% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $6,856.00 | ↑ +119% |
| Aetna | New Business Discount Other Commercial Plan | $7,316.00 | ↑ +134% |
| Aetna | Hmo/Pos/Ppo | $7,542.00 | ↑ +141% |
| Bcbs | All Commercial Plans | $9,860.77 | ↑ +216% |
| Community Health Choice | Silver & Gold Exchange | $9,899.11 | ↑ +217% |
| Optum Health | Transplant Medicare Managed Care Plan | $11,842.50 | ↑ +279% |
| Molina Healthcare | Exchange | $12,146.15 | ↑ +289% |
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Perq plmt bile duct stent at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $8,164.80 | $2,858.51 – $14,293.73 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $9,185.40 | $71.00 – $14,293.73 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $8,505.00 | $71.00 – $14,293.73 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $8,164.80 | $2,858.51 – $14,293.73 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $9,185.40 | $85.00 – $14,293.73 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $9,185.40 | $2,858.51 – $14,293.73 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $8,505.00 | $71.00 – $14,293.73 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $8,164.80 | $2,858.51 – $14,293.73 |