Tte w or without fol w/cont, f/u at Houston Methodist Cypress Hospital
24500 Northwest Fwy, Cypress, TX · Houstonmethodist · · NPI 1629828405
$1,218.50
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.
$2,437.00
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.
$787.49 with Bcbs vs $2,124.16 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.
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 | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $787.49 | ↓ -35% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo | $799.31 | ↓ -34% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $803.24 | ↓ -34% |
| Cigna | Texas Healthspring Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo | $811.12 | ↓ -33% |
| Molina Healthcare | Advantage Medicare Managed Care Plan | $826.87 | ↓ -32% |
| Devoted Health | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $842.62 | ↓ -31% |
| Community Health Choice | Silver & Gold Exchange | $1,283.61 | ↑ +5% |
| Optum Health | Transplant Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,535.61 | ↑ +26% |
| Molina Healthcare | Exchange | $1,574.99 | ↑ +29% |
| Bcbs | All Commercial Plans | $2,124.16 | ↑ +74% |
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Tte w or without fol w/cont, f/u at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $575.40 | $100.00 – $1,644.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital | Spring | $575.40 | $100.00 – $1,644.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital | Sugar Land | $575.40 | $100.00 – $1,644.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital | The Woodlands | $575.40 | $100.00 – $1,644.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $575.40 | $100.00 – $1,644.00 |
| Ascension Seton Cedar Park Hospital | Cedar Park | $725.94 | $438.68 – $1,164.20 |
| Houston Methodist The Woodlands Hospital | The Woodlands | $1,218.50 | $787.49 – $1,574.99 |
| Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital | Houston | $1,218.50 | $787.49 – $1,535.61 |