Radiation treatment delivery at Houston Methodist Hospital
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$999.50
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.
$1,999.00
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.
$555.06 with Bcbs vs $2,220.24 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 | $555.06 | ↓ -44% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo | $563.39 | ↓ -44% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $566.16 | ↓ -43% |
| Cigna | Texas Healthspring Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo | $571.71 | ↓ -43% |
| Molina Healthcare | Advantage Medicare Managed Care Plan | $582.81 | ↓ -42% |
| Community Health Choice | D-Snp Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $593.91 | ↓ -41% |
| Procare Advantage | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $610.57 | ↓ -39% |
| Cigna | Network C-24 Hmo/Ppo | $792.58 | ↓ -21% |
| Cigna | Local Plus/Surefit Hmo/Ppo | $793.00 | ↓ -21% |
| Cigna | Pcp Optional/Pcp Required Benefit Plans Hmo | $839.03 | ↓ -16% |
| Community Health Choice | Silver & Gold Exchange | $904.75 | ↓ -9% |
| Optum Health | Transplant Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,082.37 | ↑ +8% |
| Bcbs | All Commercial Plans | $1,119.77 | ↑ +12% |
| Molina Healthcare | Exchange | $1,198.93 | ↑ +20% |
| Uae | All Commercial Plans | $2,220.24 | ↑ +122% |
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Radiation treatment delivery at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $1,178.80 | $291.48 – $3,368.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $1,178.80 | $354.63 – $3,368.00 |
| Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital | Houston | $1,677.50 | $555.06 – $1,082.37 |
| Houston Methodist West Hospital | Houston | $1,677.50 | $555.06 – $2,220.24 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $444.51 – $4,800.93 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $444.51 – $4,800.93 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $2,400.00 | $378.92 – $3,000.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $3,000.00 | $617.50 – $4,500.00 |