Colonoscopy with ablation at Houston Methodist Cypress Hospital
24500 Northwest Fwy, Cypress, TX · Houstonmethodist · · NPI 1629828405
$922.00
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.
$1,844.00
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.
$1,202.09 with Bcbs vs $7,542.00 with Aetna — 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 | $1,202.09 | ↑ +30% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo | $1,220.13 | ↑ +32% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $1,226.14 | ↑ +33% |
| Cigna | Texas Healthspring Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo | $1,238.16 | ↑ +34% |
| Molina Healthcare | Advantage Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,262.20 | ↑ +37% |
| Devoted Health | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $1,286.24 | ↑ +40% |
| Community Health Choice | Silver & Gold Exchange | $1,959.41 | ↑ +113% |
| Bcbs | All Commercial Plans | $2,048.61 | ↑ +122% |
| Optum Health | Transplant Medicare Managed Care Plan | $2,344.08 | ↑ +154% |
| Molina Healthcare | Exchange | $2,404.19 | ↑ +161% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $3,894.00 | ↑ +322% |
| Aetna | New Business Discount Other Commercial Plan | $7,316.00 | ↑ +693% |
| Aetna | Hmo/Pos/Ppo | $7,542.00 | ↑ +718% |
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Colonoscopy with ablation at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| CHRISTUS Health - West Beaumont | Beaumont | $2,178.33 | $1,180.99 – $3,215.00 |
| Houston Methodist The Woodlands Hospital | The Woodlands | $922.00 | $1,202.09 – $2,404.19 |
| Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital | Houston | $922.00 | $1,202.09 – $2,344.08 |
| Houston Methodist Continuing Care Hospital | Katy | $922.00 | $3,894.00 – $7,542.00 |
| Houston Methodist Clear Lake Hospital | Nassau Bay | $922.00 | $582.45 – $2,344.08 |
| Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital | Sugar Land | $922.00 | $1,202.09 – $2,344.08 |
| Houston Methodist West Hospital | Houston | $922.00 | $1,202.09 – $4,808.38 |
| Houston Methodist Baytown Hospital | Baytown | $922.00 | $1,202.09 – $2,344.08 |