3-d radiotherapy plan at Houston Methodist Hospital
6565 Fannin, Houston, TX · Houstonmethodist · · NPI 1548387418
$8,442.50
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.
$16,885.00
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.
$1,053.85 with Aetna vs $10,012.42 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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| Aetna | New Business Discount Other Commercial Plan | $1,053.85 | ↓ -88% |
| Aetna | Hmo/Pos/Ppo | $1,086.79 | ↓ -87% |
| Bcbs | All Commercial Plans | $1,252.68 | ↓ -85% |
| Bcbs | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $1,390.44 | ↓ -84% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo | $1,411.29 | ↓ -83% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $1,418.25 | ↓ -83% |
| Cigna | Texas Healthspring Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo | $1,432.15 | ↓ -83% |
| Molina Healthcare | Advantage Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,459.96 | ↓ -83% |
| Community Health Choice | D-Snp Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $1,487.77 | ↓ -82% |
| Procare Advantage | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $1,529.48 | ↓ -82% |
| Community Health Choice | Silver & Gold Exchange | $2,266.41 | ↓ -73% |
| Optum Health | Transplant Medicare Managed Care Plan | $2,711.35 | ↓ -68% |
| Molina Healthcare | Exchange | $3,003.35 | ↓ -64% |
| Uae | All Commercial Plans | $5,561.75 | ↓ -34% |
| Cigna | Local Plus/Surefit Hmo/Ppo | $9,458.00 | ↑ +12% |
| Cigna | Network C-24 Hmo/Ppo | $9,458.03 | ↑ +12% |
| Cigna | Pcp Optional/Pcp Required Benefit Plans Hmo | $10,012.42 | ↑ +19% |
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3-d radiotherapy plan at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $8,305.15 | $326.08 – $23,729.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | $38,220.00 | $497.27 – $4,835.34 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $8,305.15 | $396.73 – $23,729.00 |
| Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital | Houston | $11,856.50 | $998.12 – $2,711.35 |
| Houston Methodist West Hospital | Houston | $11,856.50 | $998.12 – $5,561.75 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $497.27 – $4,835.34 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $497.27 – $4,835.34 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $5,482.48 | $423.90 – $6,853.10 |