Arthrocentesis/aspiration/injection major joint/bursa w/ultrasound guidance (both sides) at Houston Methodist Hospital
6565 Fannin, Houston, TX · Houstonmethodist · · NPI 1548387418
$3,004.50
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.
?
What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$6,009.00
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.
?
The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$76.40 with Bcbs vs $7,542.00 with Aetna — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
?
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 →
?
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bcbs | All Commercial Plans | $76.40 | ↓ -97% |
| Bcbs | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $308.35 | ↓ -90% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo | $312.98 | ↓ -90% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $314.52 | ↓ -90% |
| Cigna | Texas Healthspring Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo | $317.60 | ↓ -89% |
| Molina Healthcare | Advantage Medicare Managed Care Plan | $323.77 | ↓ -89% |
| Community Health Choice | D-Snp Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $329.93 | ↓ -89% |
| Procare Advantage | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $339.19 | ↓ -89% |
| Community Health Choice | Silver & Gold Exchange | $502.61 | ↓ -83% |
| Optum Health | Transplant Medicare Managed Care Plan | $601.28 | ↓ -80% |
| Molina Healthcare | Exchange | $666.04 | ↓ -78% |
| Uae | All Commercial Plans | $1,233.40 | ↓ -59% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $4,582.00 | ↑ +53% |
| Aetna | New Business Discount Other Commercial Plan | $7,316.00 | ↑ +144% |
| Aetna | Hmo/Pos/Ppo | $7,542.00 | ↑ +151% |
Visitor-reported prices
Comments
Arthrocentesis/aspiration/injection major joint/bursa w/ultrasound guidance (both sides) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $2,241.05 | $1,728.81 – $6,403.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $2,241.05 | $1,728.81 – $6,403.00 |
| Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital | Houston | $2,223.00 | $76.40 – $601.28 |
| Houston Methodist West Hospital | Houston | $2,223.00 | $76.40 – $1,233.40 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $50.80 – $377.82 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | not published | $46.39 – $377.82 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $47.34 – $377.82 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $984.66 | $65.41 – $4,826.69 |