Insert/repl sq defib w/eltrd at Houston Methodist Hospital
6565 Fannin, Houston, TX · Houstonmethodist · · NPI 1548387418
$15,084.50
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.
$30,169.00
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.
$7,316.00 with Aetna vs $126,127.60 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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| Aetna | New Business Discount Other Commercial Plan | $7,316.00 | ↓ -51% |
| Aetna | Hmo/Pos/Ppo | $7,542.00 | ↓ -50% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $7,618.00 | ↓ -49% |
| Bcbs | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $31,531.90 | ↑ +109% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo | $32,004.88 | ↑ +112% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $32,162.54 | ↑ +113% |
| Cigna | Texas Healthspring Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo | $32,477.86 | ↑ +115% |
| Molina Healthcare | Advantage Medicare Managed Care Plan | $33,108.49 | ↑ +119% |
| Community Health Choice | D-Snp Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $33,739.13 | ↑ +124% |
| Procare Advantage | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $34,685.09 | ↑ +130% |
| Community Health Choice | Silver & Gold Exchange | $51,397.00 | ↑ +241% |
| Optum Health | Transplant Medicare Managed Care Plan | $61,487.20 | ↑ +308% |
| Bcbs | All Commercial Plans | $65,856.59 | ↑ +337% |
| Molina Healthcare | Exchange | $68,108.90 | ↑ +352% |
| Uae | All Commercial Plans | $126,127.60 | ↑ +736% |
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Insert/repl sq defib w/eltrd at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | $127,611.06 | $23,546.68 – $66,179.41 |
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $13,023.85 | $10,046.97 – $37,211.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | $65,517.00 | $21,505.02 – $56,171.79 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $13,023.85 | $10,046.97 – $37,211.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | $114,329.67 | $21,943.90 – $56,171.79 |
| Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital | Houston | $22,983.00 | $7,316.00 – $61,487.20 |
| Houston Methodist West Hospital | Houston | $22,983.00 | $7,316.00 – $126,127.60 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $55,859.92 | $6,299.00 – $81,499.55 |