Egd w/transmural drain cyst at Houston Methodist Cypress Hospital
24500 Northwest Fwy, Cypress, TX · Houstonmethodist · · NPI 1629828405
$1,036.00
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.
$2,072.00
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.
$2,989.00 with Aetna vs $12,197.12 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 | $2,989.00 | ↑ +189% |
| Aetna | Hmo/Pos/Ppo | $3,081.00 | ↑ +197% |
| Entrust | All Commercial Plans | $3,695.00 | ↑ +257% |
| Cigna | Network C-24 Hmo/Ppo | $3,849.00 | ↑ +272% |
| Cigna | Local Plus/Surefit Hmo/Ppo | $3,849.00 | ↑ +272% |
| Cigna | Pcp Optional/Pcp Required Benefit Plans Hmo | $4,074.00 | ↑ +293% |
| Phcs | Ppo | $5,545.00 | ↑ +435% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $5,860.00 | ↑ +466% |
| Bcbs | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $6,098.56 | ↑ +489% |
| Bcbs | All Commercial Plans | $6,118.12 | ↑ +491% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo | $6,190.04 | ↑ +497% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $6,220.53 | ↑ +500% |
| Cigna | Texas Healthspring Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo | $6,281.52 | ↑ +506% |
| Molina Healthcare | Advantage Medicare Managed Care Plan | $6,403.49 | ↑ +518% |
| Devoted Health | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $6,525.46 | ↑ +530% |
| Community Health Choice | Silver & Gold Exchange | $9,940.66 | ↑ +860% |
| Optum Health | Transplant Medicare Managed Care Plan | $11,892.20 | ↑ +1048% |
| Molina Healthcare | Exchange | $12,197.12 | ↑ +1077% |
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Egd w/transmural drain cyst at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $700.80 | $420.48 – $14,118.49 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $700.80 | $144.25 – $14,118.49 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $786.71 | $517.13 – $14,118.49 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $700.80 | $548.96 – $14,118.49 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $700.80 | $460.66 – $14,118.49 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $700.80 | $642.40 – $14,118.49 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $786.71 | $517.13 – $14,118.49 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $700.80 | $548.96 – $14,118.49 |