Ihc/icc per specimen each multiplex antibody stain 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

$184.00

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.

$368.00

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.

$360.08 with Bcbs vs $1,178.99 with Bcbs — 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
Bcbs Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $360.08 ↑ +96%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo $365.48 ↑ +99%
Unitedhealthcare Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $367.28 ↑ +100%
Cigna Texas Healthspring Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo $370.88 ↑ +102%
Molina Healthcare Advantage Medicare Managed Care Plan $378.08 ↑ +105%
Devoted Health Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $385.29 ↑ +109%
Community Health Choice Silver & Gold Exchange $586.93 ↑ +219%
Optum Health Transplant Medicare Managed Care Plan $702.16 ↑ +282%
Molina Healthcare Exchange $720.16 ↑ +291%
Bcbs All Commercial Plans $1,178.99 ↑ +541%

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Ihc/icc per specimen each multiplex antibody stain at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $311.59 $35.00 – $890.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $276.19 $36.00 – $890.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $237.00 $36.00 – $890.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $311.59 $35.00 – $890.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $276.19 $36.00 – $890.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $276.19 $26.00 – $890.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $237.00 $36.00 – $890.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $311.59 $35.00 – $890.45

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