Opps service,sched team conf 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.

$419.16 with Bcbs vs $1,097.58 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 $419.16
Aetna Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo $425.45
Unitedhealthcare Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $427.55
Cigna Texas Healthspring Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo $431.74
Molina Healthcare Advantage Medicare Managed Care Plan $440.12
Devoted Health Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $448.51
Community Health Choice Silver & Gold Exchange $683.24
Optum Health Transplant Medicare Managed Care Plan $817.37
Molina Healthcare Exchange $838.33
Bcbs All Commercial Plans $1,097.58

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Opps service,sched team conf at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Methodist Celina Medical Center Celina $101.00 $15.18 – $1,047.91
Methodist Charlton Medical Center Dallas $101.00 $6.42 – $1,106.95
Methodist Dallas Medical Center Dallas $101.00 $6.42 – $1,131.74
Methodist Midlothian Medical Center Midlothian $101.00 $419.16 – $1,131.74
Methodist Richardson Medical Center Richardson $101.00 $8.37 – $1,131.74
Methodist Southlake Medical Center Souhtlake $101.00 $6.42 – $1,133.61
Methodist Mansfield Medical Center Mansfield $101.00 $6.42 – $1,133.61
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas not published $1,354.39 – $1,354.39

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