Ertapenem 1000 mg/10 ml IV (dilution #1) desensitization - cnr at Methodist Charlton Medical Center
3500 W Wheatland Road, Dallas, TX · Methodisthealthsystem · · NPI 1275592131
$217.75
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.
$435.50
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.
$38.72 with UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID MANAGED CARE [5015] vs $328.43 with BCBS [3001] — 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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| UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID MANAGED CARE [5015] | MHS HB UNITED MEDICAID STAR PLUS MCMC | $38.72 | ↓ -82% |
| BCBS [3001] | MHS HB BCBS MY BLUE HEALTH MCMC | $161.18 | ↓ -26% |
| SUPERIOR MEDICAID MANAGED CARE [5007] | MHS HB MEDICAID 110% STAR PLUS MCMC | $166.88 | ↓ -23% |
| MOLINA MEDICAID MANAGED CARE [5005] | MHS HB MEDICAID 110% STAR PLUS MCMC | $166.88 | ↓ -23% |
| BCBS [3001] | MHS HB BCBS HIGH PERFORMANCE NETWORK MCMC | $284.60 | ↑ +31% |
| BCBS [3001] | MHS HB BCBS PREMIER MCMC | $284.60 | ↑ +31% |
| BCBS [3001] | MHS HB BCBS CITY OF DALLAS MCMC | $295.39 | ↑ +36% |
| BCBS [3001] | MHS HB BCBS HMO MCMC | $302.13 | ↑ +39% |
| WEB TPA [3049] | MHS HB CUSTOM INK MCMC | $326.63 | ↑ +50% |
| CIGNA [3004] | MHS HB CUSTOM INK MCMC | $326.63 | ↑ +50% |
| BCBS [3001] | MHS HB BCBS TRADITIONAL MCMC | $328.43 | ↑ +51% |
| BCBS [3001] | MHS HB BCBS PPO MCMC | $328.43 | ↑ +51% |
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Ertapenem 1000 mg/10 ml IV (dilution #1) desensitization - cnr at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $350.38 | $7.94 – $496.37 |
| Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas | Dallas | $277.91 | $44.00 – $44.00 |
| MEDICAL CITY DALLAS HOSPITAL | Dallas | $228.96 | $8.90 – $94.08 |
| Methodist Dallas Medical Center | Dallas | $217.75 | $31.45 – $161.18 |
| MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL | DALLAS | not published | $9.18 – $446.75 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $268.61 | $129.82 – $129.82 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $350.38 | $7.94 – $525.57 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $350.38 | $7.94 – $437.98 |