Transcath biopsy at Houston Methodist Hospital
6565 Fannin, Houston, TX · Houstonmethodist · · NPI 1548387418
$3,640.00
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.
$7,280.00
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.
$2,052.00 with Cigna vs $22,359.37 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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| Cigna | Network C-24 Hmo/Ppo | $2,052.00 | ↓ -44% |
| Cigna | Local Plus/Surefit Hmo/Ppo | $2,052.00 | ↓ -44% |
| Cigna | Pcp Optional/Pcp Required Benefit Plans Hmo | $2,173.00 | ↓ -40% |
| Entrust | All Commercial Plans | $2,956.00 | ↓ -19% |
| Bcbs | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $5,589.84 | ↑ +54% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo | $5,673.69 | ↑ +56% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $5,701.64 | ↑ +57% |
| Cigna | Texas Healthspring Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo | $5,757.54 | ↑ +58% |
| Molina Healthcare | Advantage Medicare Managed Care Plan | $5,869.34 | ↑ +61% |
| Community Health Choice | D-Snp Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $5,981.13 | ↑ +64% |
| Procare Advantage | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $6,148.83 | ↑ +69% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $6,814.00 | ↑ +87% |
| Aetna | New Business Discount Other Commercial Plan | $7,316.00 | ↑ +101% |
| Aetna | Hmo/Pos/Ppo | $7,542.00 | ↑ +107% |
| Community Health Choice | Silver & Gold Exchange | $9,111.44 | ↑ +150% |
| Bcbs | All Commercial Plans | $9,376.23 | ↑ +158% |
| Optum Health | Transplant Medicare Managed Care Plan | $10,900.19 | ↑ +199% |
| Molina Healthcare | Exchange | $12,074.06 | ↑ +232% |
| Uae | All Commercial Plans | $22,359.37 | ↑ +514% |
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Transcath biopsy at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $2,479.05 | $1,912.41 – $7,083.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | $11,889.00 | $1,900.37 – $7,997.37 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $2,479.05 | $1,912.41 – $7,083.00 |
| Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital | Houston | $4,159.00 | $2,052.00 – $10,900.19 |
| Houston Methodist West Hospital | Houston | $4,159.00 | $2,052.00 – $22,359.37 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $2,080.79 – $9,422.19 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $1,939.15 – $7,997.37 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $4,285.93 | $1,939.15 – $13,613.39 |