Mr safety implant elec prepj 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

$124.00

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.

$248.00

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.

$95.50 with Bcbs vs $363.49 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 $95.50 ↓ -23%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo $96.94 ↓ -22%
Unitedhealthcare Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $97.41 ↓ -21%
Cigna Texas Healthspring Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo $98.37 ↓ -21%
Molina Healthcare Advantage Medicare Managed Care Plan $100.28 ↓ -19%
Devoted Health Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $102.19 ↓ -18%
Community Health Choice Silver & Gold Exchange $155.67 ↑ +26%
Optum Health Transplant Medicare Managed Care Plan $186.23 ↑ +50%
Molina Healthcare Exchange $191.01 ↑ +54%
Aetna New Business Discount Other Commercial Plan $307.32 ↑ +148%
Aetna Hmo/Pos/Ppo $316.68 ↑ +155%
Bcbs All Commercial Plans $363.49 ↑ +193%

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Mr safety implant elec prepj at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $267.09 not published
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $204.73 $58.01 – $2,149.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $204.73 $42.14 – $2,149.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $204.73 $40.95 – $2,149.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $204.73 $54.60 – $2,149.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $204.73 $65.72 – $2,149.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $204.73 $105.78 – $2,700.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $204.73 $68.24 – $2,149.00

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