Ghs urine, hydroxproline total at Houston Methodist Cypress Hospital

24500 Northwest Fwy, Cypress, TX · Houstonmethodist · · NPI 1629828405

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

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Cash price

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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.

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Gross charge

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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.

$24.30 with Cigna vs $300.12 with Cigna — 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Cigna Texas Healthspring Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo $24.30
Aetna Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo $24.66
Unitedhealthcare Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $24.79
Molina Healthcare Advantage Medicare Managed Care Plan $25.52
Devoted Health Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $26.00
Community Health Choice Silver & Gold Exchange $39.61
Optum Health Transplant Medicare Managed Care Plan $47.38
Molina Healthcare Exchange $48.60
Bcbs All Commercial Plans $101.09
Cigna Network C-24 Hmo/Ppo $283.50
Cigna Local Plus/Surefit Hmo/Ppo $283.50
Cigna Pcp Optional/Pcp Required Benefit Plans Hmo $300.12

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Ghs urine, hydroxproline total at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $186.16 $12.00 – $279.24
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $186.16 $12.00 – $232.70
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $186.16 $12.00 – $279.24
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST Waco $186.16 $20.41 – $232.70
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER Temple $186.16 $12.00 – $279.24
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