Methylprednisolone acetate 40 mg/ml suspension for injection at Methodist Celina Medical Center
1500 South Dallas Pkwy, Celina, TX · Methodisthealthsystem · · NPI 1073294740
$20.25
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.
$40.50
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.
$0.12 with TRIWEST WPS [8010] vs $30.49 with SUPERIOR MEDICAID MANAGED CARE [5007] — 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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| TRIWEST WPS [8010] | MHS HB TRICARE MCEL | $0.12 | ↓ -99% |
| TRICARE [1001] | MHS HB TRICARE MCEL | $0.12 | ↓ -99% |
| VETERANS ADMINISTRATION [9001] | MHS HB TRICARE MCEL | $0.12 | ↓ -99% |
| CHAMPVA [1000] | MHS HB TRICARE MCEL | $0.12 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS [3001] | MHS HB BCBS MY BLUE HEALTH MCEL | $14.05 | ↓ -31% |
| BCBS [3001] | MHS HB BCBS PREMIER MCEL | $23.13 | ↑ +14% |
| BCBS [3001] | MHS HB BCBS HIGH PERFORMANCE NETWORK MCEL | $23.13 | ↑ +14% |
| BCBS [3001] | MHS HB BCBS CITY OF DALLAS MCEL | $24.05 | ↑ +19% |
| BCBS [3001] | MHS HB BCBS HMO MCEL | $24.54 | ↑ +21% |
| BCBS [3001] | MHS HB BCBS TRADITIONAL MCEL | $26.69 | ↑ +32% |
| BCBS [3001] | MHS HB BCBS PPO MCEL | $26.69 | ↑ +32% |
| WEB TPA [3049] | MHS HB CUSTOM INK MCEL | $30.38 | ↑ +50% |
| CIGNA [3004] | MHS HB CUSTOM INK MCEL | $30.38 | ↑ +50% |
| SUPERIOR MEDICAID MANAGED CARE [5007] | MHS HB MEDICAID 110% STAR PLUS MCEL | $30.49 | ↑ +51% |
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