Appendix Removal (Laparoscopic) at Houston Methodist Hospital
6565 Fannin, Houston, TX · Houstonmethodist · · NPI 1548387418
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
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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.
$4,055.00 with Cigna vs $24,292.30 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.
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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| Cigna | Local Plus/Surefit Hmo/Ppo | $4,055.00 | — |
| Cigna | Network C-24 Hmo/Ppo | $4,055.00 | — |
| Cigna | Pcp Optional/Pcp Required Benefit Plans Hmo | $4,292.00 | — |
| Bcbs | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $6,073.08 | — |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo | $6,164.17 | — |
| Unitedhealthcare | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $6,194.54 | — |
| Cigna | Texas Healthspring Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo | $6,255.27 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | Advantage Medicare Managed Care Plan | $6,376.73 | — |
| Community Health Choice | D-Snp Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $6,498.19 | — |
| Procare Advantage | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $6,680.38 | — |
| Aetna | New Business Discount Other Commercial Plan | $7,316.00 | — |
| Aetna | Hmo/Pos/Ppo | $7,542.00 | — |
| Bcbs | All Commercial Plans | $9,860.77 | — |
| Community Health Choice | Silver & Gold Exchange | $9,899.11 | — |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $10,072.00 | — |
| Optum Health | Transplant Medicare Managed Care Plan | $11,842.50 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | Exchange | $13,117.84 | — |
| Uae | All Commercial Plans | $24,292.30 | — |
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Appendix Removal (Laparoscopic) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital | Houston | $13,546.50 | $4,055.00 – $11,842.50 |
| Houston Methodist West Hospital | Houston | $13,546.50 | $4,055.00 – $24,292.30 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $9,909.11 – $9,909.11 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | not published | $6,103.44 – $8,410.66 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $8,410.66 – $8,410.66 |
| St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center | Pasadena | $2,524.41 | $479.64 – $5,409.45 |
| Houston Methodist The Woodlands Hospital | The Woodlands | $13,546.50 | $4,055.00 – $12,146.15 |
| Houston Methodist Cypress Hospital | Cypress | $13,546.50 | $4,055.00 – $11,842.50 |