Cv line/pic reposition at Houston Methodist Hospital
6565 Fannin, Houston, TX · Houstonmethodist · · NPI 1548387418
$2,405.50
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.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$4,811.00
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.
$1,581.33 with Bcbs vs $7,542.00 with Aetna — 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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| Bcbs | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $1,581.33 | ↓ -34% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo | $1,605.05 | ↓ -33% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $1,612.95 | ↓ -33% |
| Cigna | Texas Healthspring Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo | $1,628.77 | ↓ -32% |
| Molina Healthcare | Advantage Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,660.39 | ↓ -31% |
| Community Health Choice | D-Snp Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $1,692.02 | ↓ -30% |
| Procare Advantage | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $1,739.46 | ↓ -28% |
| Cigna | Local Plus/Surefit Hmo/Ppo | $2,052.00 | ↓ -15% |
| Cigna | Network C-24 Hmo/Ppo | $2,052.00 | ↓ -15% |
| Cigna | Pcp Optional/Pcp Required Benefit Plans Hmo | $2,173.00 | ↓ -10% |
| Community Health Choice | Silver & Gold Exchange | $2,577.56 | ↑ +7% |
| Entrust | All Commercial Plans | $2,956.00 | ↑ +23% |
| Optum Health | Transplant Medicare Managed Care Plan | $3,083.59 | ↑ +28% |
| Bcbs | All Commercial Plans | $3,327.51 | ↑ +38% |
| Molina Healthcare | Exchange | $3,415.67 | ↑ +42% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $3,890.00 | ↑ +62% |
| Uae | All Commercial Plans | $6,325.31 | ↑ +163% |
| Aetna | New Business Discount Other Commercial Plan | $7,316.00 | ↑ +204% |
| Aetna | Hmo/Pos/Ppo | $7,542.00 | ↑ +214% |
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Cv line/pic reposition at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | $3,486.25 | $478.87 – $3,343.82 |
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $1,410.50 | $1,088.10 – $4,030.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $1,410.50 | $1,088.10 – $4,030.00 |
| Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital | Houston | $1,059.50 | $1,581.33 – $3,083.59 |
| Houston Methodist West Hospital | Houston | $1,059.50 | $1,581.33 – $6,325.31 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | not published | $437.34 – $2,838.17 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $446.27 – $2,838.17 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $1,521.69 | $446.27 – $3,967.42 |