Hdr rdncl skn surf brachytx at Houston Methodist Hospital
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$1,439.50
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.
$2,879.00
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.
$387.45 with Bcbs vs $1,549.81 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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| Bcbs | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $387.45 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo | $393.27 | ↓ -73% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $395.20 | ↓ -73% |
| Cigna | Texas Healthspring Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo | $399.08 | ↓ -72% |
| Molina Healthcare | Advantage Medicare Managed Care Plan | $406.83 | ↓ -72% |
| Community Health Choice | D-Snp Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $414.58 | ↓ -71% |
| Procare Advantage | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $426.20 | ↓ -70% |
| Community Health Choice | Silver & Gold Exchange | $631.55 | ↓ -56% |
| Optum Health | Transplant Medicare Managed Care Plan | $755.53 | ↓ -48% |
| Molina Healthcare | Exchange | $836.90 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna | New Business Discount Other Commercial Plan | $1,195.58 | ↓ -17% |
| Aetna | Hmo/Pos/Ppo | $1,232.95 | ↓ -14% |
| Bcbs | All Commercial Plans | $1,335.75 | ↓ -7% |
| Uae | All Commercial Plans | $1,549.81 | ↑ +8% |
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Hdr rdncl skn surf brachytx at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital | Houston | $2,586.50 | $387.45 – $755.53 |
| Houston Methodist West Hospital | Houston | $2,586.50 | $387.45 – $1,549.81 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $530.24 – $5,034.24 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | not published | $530.24 – $5,034.24 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $530.24 – $5,034.24 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $397.29 | $112.57 – $833.02 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $658.64 | $135.57 – $987.96 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $627.28 | $125.46 – $784.10 |