Tomosynthesis breast screen bilateral at Houston Methodist Hospital
6565 Fannin, Houston, TX · Houstonmethodist · · NPI 1548387418
$29.00
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.
$58.00
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.
$23.22 with Bcbs vs $100.21 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 | $23.22 | ↓ -20% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo | $23.57 | ↓ -19% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $23.68 | ↓ -18% |
| Cigna | Texas Healthspring Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo | $23.92 | ↓ -18% |
| Molina Healthcare | Advantage Medicare Managed Care Plan | $24.38 | ↓ -16% |
| Community Health Choice | D-Snp Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $24.85 | ↓ -14% |
| Procare Advantage | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $25.54 | ↓ -12% |
| Community Health Choice | Silver & Gold Exchange | $37.85 | ↑ +31% |
| Optum Health | Transplant Medicare Managed Care Plan | $45.28 | ↑ +56% |
| Molina Healthcare | Exchange | $50.16 | ↑ +73% |
| Uae | All Commercial Plans | $92.88 | ↑ +220% |
| Aetna | New Business Discount Other Commercial Plan | $97.18 | ↑ +235% |
| Bcbs | All Commercial Plans | $99.91 | ↑ +245% |
| Aetna | Hmo/Pos/Ppo | $100.21 | ↑ +246% |
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Tomosynthesis breast screen bilateral at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $64.75 | $20.35 – $185.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $64.75 | $14.80 – $185.00 |
| Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital | Houston | $63.00 | $23.22 – $45.28 |
| Houston Methodist West Hospital | Houston | $63.00 | $23.22 – $92.88 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $22.76 – $139.41 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $22.76 – $55.93 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $318.28 | $97.14 – $97.14 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $95.23 | $50.46 – $134.90 |