St treatment swallow dysfunction/oral at Houston Methodist Hospital
6565 Fannin, Houston, TX · Houstonmethodist · · NPI 1548387418
$28.00
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.
$56.00
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.
$84.37 with Bcbs vs $337.48 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 | $84.37 | ↑ +201% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo | $85.64 | ↑ +206% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $86.06 | ↑ +207% |
| Cigna | Texas Healthspring Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo | $86.90 | ↑ +210% |
| Molina Healthcare | Advantage Medicare Managed Care Plan | $88.59 | ↑ +216% |
| Community Health Choice | D-Snp Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $90.28 | ↑ +222% |
| Procare Advantage | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $92.81 | ↑ +231% |
| Community Health Choice | Silver & Gold Exchange | $137.52 | ↑ +391% |
| Optum Health | Transplant Medicare Managed Care Plan | $164.52 | ↑ +488% |
| Molina Healthcare | Exchange | $182.24 | ↑ +551% |
| Bcbs | All Commercial Plans | $274.37 | ↑ +880% |
| Uae | All Commercial Plans | $337.48 | ↑ +1105% |
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St treatment swallow dysfunction/oral at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $141.40 | $48.69 – $404.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $141.40 | $100.00 – $404.00 |
| Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital | Houston | $115.50 | $84.37 – $164.52 |
| Houston Methodist West Hospital | Houston | $115.50 | $84.37 – $337.48 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $82.69 – $181.42 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | not published | $82.69 – $181.42 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $82.69 – $181.42 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $332.43 | $338.57 – $338.57 |