Egd w/thrml txmnt gerd at Houston Methodist Cypress Hospital
24500 Northwest Fwy, Cypress, TX · Houstonmethodist · · NPI 1629828405
$2,463.00
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.
$4,926.00
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.
$3,416.00 with Aetna vs $7,746.08 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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| Aetna | New Business Discount Other Commercial Plan | $3,416.00 | ↑ +39% |
| Aetna | Hmo/Pos/Ppo | $3,522.00 | ↑ +43% |
| Bcbs | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $3,873.04 | ↑ +57% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo | $3,931.14 | ↑ +60% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $3,950.50 | ↑ +60% |
| Cigna | Texas Healthspring Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo | $3,989.23 | ↑ +62% |
| Cigna | Network C-24 Hmo/Ppo | $4,004.00 | ↑ +63% |
| Cigna | Local Plus/Surefit Hmo/Ppo | $4,004.00 | ↑ +63% |
| Molina Healthcare | Advantage Medicare Managed Care Plan | $4,066.69 | ↑ +65% |
| Devoted Health | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $4,144.15 | ↑ +68% |
| Cigna | Pcp Optional/Pcp Required Benefit Plans Hmo | $4,239.00 | ↑ +72% |
| Entrust | All Commercial Plans | $4,284.00 | ↑ +74% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $5,860.00 | ↑ +138% |
| Bcbs | All Commercial Plans | $6,118.12 | ↑ +148% |
| Community Health Choice | Silver & Gold Exchange | $6,313.06 | ↑ +156% |
| Phcs | Ppo | $6,337.00 | ↑ +157% |
| Optum Health | Transplant Medicare Managed Care Plan | $7,552.43 | ↑ +207% |
| Molina Healthcare | Exchange | $7,746.08 | ↑ +214% |
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Egd w/thrml txmnt gerd at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Flower Mound | Flower Mound | $2,282.85 | not published |
| Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth | Fort Worth | $2,282.85 | not published |
| Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Hurst-Euless-Bedford | Bedford | $2,282.85 | not published |
| Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Cleburne | Cleburne | $2,282.85 | not published |
| CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Emergency Center - Alon | San Antonio | $3,451.14 | $1,737.00 – $7,144.76 |
| Houston Methodist The Woodlands Hospital | The Woodlands | $2,463.00 | $3,416.00 – $7,746.08 |
| Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital | Houston | $2,463.00 | $3,416.00 – $7,552.43 |
| Houston Methodist Continuing Care Hospital | Katy | $2,463.00 | $3,522.00 – $5,860.00 |