Ablate bone tumor(s) cryo perq 20983 at Houston Methodist Hospital

6565 Fannin, Houston, TX · Houstonmethodist · · NPI 1548387418

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

$17,283.00

Cash price

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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.

$34,566.00

Gross charge

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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.

$6,814.00 with Unitedhealthcare vs $29,157.12 with Uae — 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $6,814.00 ↓ -61%
Bcbs Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $7,289.28 ↓ -58%
Aetna New Business Discount Other Commercial Plan $7,316.00 ↓ -58%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo $7,398.62 ↓ -57%
Unitedhealthcare Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $7,435.07 ↓ -57%
Cigna Texas Healthspring Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo $7,507.96 ↓ -57%
Aetna Hmo/Pos/Ppo $7,542.00 ↓ -56%
Molina Healthcare Advantage Medicare Managed Care Plan $7,653.74 ↓ -56%
Community Health Choice D-Snp Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $7,799.53 ↓ -55%
Procare Advantage Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $8,018.21 ↓ -54%
Community Health Choice Silver & Gold Exchange $11,881.53 ↓ -31%
Bcbs All Commercial Plans $12,203.18 ↓ -29%
Optum Health Transplant Medicare Managed Care Plan $14,214.10 ↓ -18%
Molina Healthcare Exchange $15,744.84 ↓ -9%
Uae All Commercial Plans $29,157.12 ↑ +69%

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Ablate bone tumor(s) cryo perq 20983 at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $7,513.10 $900.00 – $21,466.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $7,513.10 $900.00 – $21,466.00
Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital Houston $12,807.00 $6,856.00 – $14,214.10
Houston Methodist West Hospital Houston $12,807.00 $6,856.00 – $29,157.12
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $12,263.00 – $12,263.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $7,325.73 – $10,408.59
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $10,408.59 – $10,408.59
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $7,896.23 $2,237.26 – $17,722.46

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