Intro long gi tube w/mult fluo at Methodist Dallas Medical Center
1441 N Beckley Ave, Dallas, TX · Methodisthealthsystem · · NPI 1528027786
$608.50
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.
$1,217.00
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.
$46.90 with BCBS [3001] vs $851.90 with AETNA TRANSPLANT NETWORK [3025] — 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 [3001] | MHS HB BCBS MY BLUE HEALTH MDMC | $46.90 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS [3001] | MHS HB BCBS HIGH PERFORMANCE NETWORK MDMC | $77.15 | ↓ -87% |
| BCBS [3001] | MHS HB BCBS PREMIER MDMC | $77.15 | ↓ -87% |
| BCBS [3001] | MHS HB BCBS CITY OF DALLAS MDMC | $80.20 | ↓ -87% |
| BCBS [3001] | MHS HB BCBS HMO MDMC | $81.86 | ↓ -87% |
| BCBS [3001] | MHS HB BCBS PPO MDMC | $89.08 | ↓ -85% |
| BCBS [3001] | MHS HB BCBS TRADITIONAL MDMC | $89.08 | ↓ -85% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID MANAGED CARE [5015] | MHS HB UNITED MEDICAID STAR PLUS MDMC | $99.92 | ↓ -84% |
| AETNA MANAGED CARE [2068] | MHS HB AETNA TX PREF PLUS II MDMC | $319.55 | ↓ -47% |
| AETNA COMMERCIAL [2042] | MHS HB AETNA TX PREF PLUS II MDMC | $319.55 | ↓ -47% |
| SCOTT & WHITE HEALTH PLAN TRS [3062] | MHS HB AETNA BAYLOR SCOTT AND WHITE MDMC | $334.94 | ↓ -45% |
| AETNA [3000] | MHS HB AETNA BAYLOR SCOTT AND WHITE MDMC | $334.94 | ↓ -45% |
| AETNA MANAGED CARE [2068] | MHS HB AETNA TEXAS ADVANTAGE MDMC | $338.41 | ↓ -44% |
| WEB TPA [3049] | MHS HB AETNA WHOLE HEALTH MDMC | $338.41 | ↓ -44% |
| AETNA COMMERCIAL [2042] | MHS HB AETNA TEXAS ADVANTAGE MDMC | $338.41 | ↓ -44% |
| AETNA MANAGED CARE [2068] | MHS HB AETNA WHOLE HEALTH MDMC | $338.41 | ↓ -44% |
| WEB TPA [3049] | MHS HB AETNA HMO PPO MDMC | $376.12 | ↓ -38% |
| AETNA [3000] | MHS HB AETNA HMO PPO MDMC | $376.12 | ↓ -38% |
| HEALTHEZ AETNA SIGNATURE ADMINISTRATORS [3074] | MHS HB AETNA HMO PPO MDMC | $376.12 | ↓ -38% |
| SUPERIOR MEDICAID MANAGED CARE [5007] | MHS HB MEDICAID 110% STAR PLUS MDMC | $430.09 | ↓ -29% |
| MOLINA MEDICAID MANAGED CARE [5005] | MHS HB MEDICAID 110% STAR PLUS MDMC | $430.09 | ↓ -29% |
| AETNA TRANSPLANT NETWORK [3025] | MHS HB AETNA TRANSPLANT NETWORK MDMC | $851.90 | ↑ +40% |
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Intro long gi tube w/mult fluo at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $644.50 | $55.50 – $913.04 |
| Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas | Dallas | $383.10 | $42.87 – $42.87 |
| MEDICAL CITY DALLAS HOSPITAL | Dallas | $1,224.32 | $36.08 – $484.73 |
| Methodist Charlton Medical Center | Dallas | $608.50 | $46.90 – $46.90 |
| MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL | DALLAS | not published | $484.73 – $484.73 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $644.50 | $93.24 – $966.74 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $613.81 | $93.24 – $767.26 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $644.50 | $63.55 – $913.04 |