Revision of colostomy comp in-depth 44345 at Houston Methodist Cypress Hospital
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Cash price 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 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.
$2,621.90 with Bcbs vs $16,844.00 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Bcbs | All Commercial Plans | $2,621.90 | — |
| Bcbs | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $3,559.87 | — |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo | $3,613.27 | — |
| Unitedhealthcare | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $3,631.07 | — |
| Cigna | Texas Healthspring Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo | $3,666.67 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | Advantage Medicare Managed Care Plan | $3,737.87 | — |
| Devoted Health | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $3,809.06 | — |
| Community Health Choice | Silver & Gold Exchange | $5,802.59 | — |
| Optum Health | Transplant Medicare Managed Care Plan | $6,941.75 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | Exchange | $7,119.75 | — |
| Aetna | New Business Discount Other Commercial Plan | $7,316.00 | — |
| Aetna | Hmo/Pos/Ppo | $7,542.00 | — |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $8,341.00 | — |
| Cigna | Network C-24 Hmo/Ppo | $15,912.00 | — |
| Cigna | Local Plus/Surefit Hmo/Ppo | $15,912.00 | — |
| Cigna | Pcp Optional/Pcp Required Benefit Plans Hmo | $16,844.00 | — |
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Revision of colostomy comp in-depth 44345 at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | not published | $1,371.29 – $4,826.69 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | not published | $1,853.98 – $7,653.72 |
| CHRISTUS Children's Hospital | San Antonio | not published | $3,381.00 – $3,381.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER | Temple | not published | $1,722.34 – $5,388.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - WAXAHACHIE | Waxahachie | not published | $1,853.98 – $7,653.72 |
| HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE | FRIENDSWOOD | not published | $10,059.77 – $10,059.77 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $10,059.77 – $10,059.77 |
| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | not published | $1,286.39 – $15,638.81 |