Bundle his recording at Houston Methodist Hospital
6565 Fannin, Houston, TX · Houstonmethodist · · NPI 1548387418
$2,645.00
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.
$5,290.00
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.
$3,871.00 with Unitedhealthcare vs $31,340.82 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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| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $3,871.00 | ↑ +46% |
| Bcbs | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $7,835.21 | ↑ +196% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo | $7,952.73 | ↑ +201% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $7,991.91 | ↑ +202% |
| Cigna | Texas Healthspring Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo | $8,070.26 | ↑ +205% |
| Molina Healthcare | Advantage Medicare Managed Care Plan | $8,226.97 | ↑ +211% |
| Community Health Choice | D-Snp Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $8,383.67 | ↑ +217% |
| Procare Advantage | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $8,618.73 | ↑ +226% |
| Bcbs | All Commercial Plans | $12,006.85 | ↑ +354% |
| Community Health Choice | Silver & Gold Exchange | $12,771.39 | ↑ +383% |
| Optum Health | Transplant Medicare Managed Care Plan | $15,278.65 | ↑ +478% |
| Molina Healthcare | Exchange | $16,924.04 | ↑ +540% |
| Uae | All Commercial Plans | $31,340.82 | ↑ +1085% |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | $10,799.87 | $12,065.71 – $12,065.71 |
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $6,157.90 | $4,750.38 – $17,594.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $6,157.90 | $4,750.38 – $17,594.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | $8,936.89 | $10,241.14 – $10,241.14 |
| Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital | Houston | $1,513.50 | $3,894.00 – $15,278.65 |
| Houston Methodist West Hospital | Houston | $1,513.50 | $3,894.00 – $31,340.82 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | not published | $10,241.14 – $10,241.14 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $5,557.78 | $1,574.70 – $18,500.61 |