Assay of prostaglandin at Houston Methodist Hospital
6565 Fannin, Houston, TX · Houstonmethodist · · NPI 1548387418
$230.00
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.
$460.00
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.
$41.77 with Cigna vs $308.24 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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| Cigna | Texas Healthspring Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo | $41.77 | ↓ -82% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo | $42.40 | ↓ -82% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $42.61 | ↓ -81% |
| Molina Healthcare | Advantage Medicare Managed Care Plan | $43.86 | ↓ -81% |
| Community Health Choice | D-Snp Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $44.69 | ↓ -81% |
| Procare Advantage | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $45.95 | ↓ -80% |
| Community Health Choice | Silver & Gold Exchange | $68.09 | ↓ -70% |
| Optum Health | Transplant Medicare Managed Care Plan | $81.45 | ↓ -65% |
| Molina Healthcare | Exchange | $90.22 | ↓ -61% |
| Uae | All Commercial Plans | $167.08 | ↓ -27% |
| Bcbs | All Commercial Plans | $173.76 | ↓ -24% |
| Cigna | Network C-24 Hmo/Ppo | $291.17 | ↑ +27% |
| Cigna | Local Plus/Surefit Hmo/Ppo | $291.17 | ↑ +27% |
| Cigna | Pcp Optional/Pcp Required Benefit Plans Hmo | $308.24 | ↑ +34% |
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Assay of prostaglandin at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital | Houston | $230.00 | $41.77 – $173.76 |
| Houston Methodist West Hospital | Houston | $230.00 | $41.77 – $173.76 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $35.09 – $171.47 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | not published | $34.39 – $171.47 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $35.09 – $171.47 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $738.90 | $10.00 – $100.25 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $738.90 | $12.00 – $116.19 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $738.90 | $12.00 – $100.25 |