Nuclear rx intra-arterial 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

$582.00

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.

$1,164.00

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.

$234.40 with Bcbs vs $468.80 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.

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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 $234.40 ↓ -60%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo $237.92 ↓ -59%
Unitedhealthcare Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $239.09 ↓ -59%
Cigna Texas Healthspring Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo $241.43 ↓ -59%
Molina Healthcare Advantage Medicare Managed Care Plan $246.12 ↓ -58%
Devoted Health Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $250.81 ↓ -57%
Community Health Choice Silver & Gold Exchange $382.07 ↓ -34%
Optum Health Transplant Medicare Managed Care Plan $457.08 ↓ -21%
Bcbs All Commercial Plans $465.26 ↓ -20%
Molina Healthcare Exchange $468.80 ↓ -19%

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Nuclear rx intra-arterial at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,172.68 $222.68 – $1,465.85
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,034.57 $212.95 – $1,551.85
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,034.57 $222.68 – $1,293.21
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,172.68 $222.68 – $1,465.85
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,034.57 $222.68 – $1,551.85
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,034.57 $224.13 – $1,551.85
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,034.57 $222.68 – $1,551.85
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $1,172.68 $222.68 – $1,465.85

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