Vein x-ray skull at Houston Methodist Hospital
6565 Fannin, Houston, TX · Houstonmethodist · · NPI 1548387418
$416.50
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.
$833.00
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.
$423.53 with Aetna vs $12,687.48 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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| Aetna | New Business Discount Other Commercial Plan | $423.53 | ↑ +2% |
| Aetna | Hmo/Pos/Ppo | $436.76 | ↑ +5% |
| Bcbs | All Commercial Plans | $495.24 | ↑ +19% |
| Bcbs | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $3,171.87 | ↑ +662% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo | $3,219.45 | ↑ +673% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $3,235.31 | ↑ +677% |
| Cigna | Texas Healthspring Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo | $3,267.03 | ↑ +684% |
| Molina Healthcare | Advantage Medicare Managed Care Plan | $3,330.46 | ↑ +700% |
| Community Health Choice | D-Snp Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $3,393.90 | ↑ +715% |
| Procare Advantage | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $3,489.06 | ↑ +738% |
| Cigna | Local Plus/Surefit Hmo/Ppo | $4,259.00 | ↑ +923% |
| Cigna | Network C-24 Hmo/Ppo | $4,259.25 | ↑ +923% |
| Cigna | Pcp Optional/Pcp Required Benefit Plans Hmo | $4,508.91 | ↑ +983% |
| Community Health Choice | Silver & Gold Exchange | $5,170.15 | ↑ +1141% |
| Optum Health | Transplant Medicare Managed Care Plan | $6,185.14 | ↑ +1385% |
| Molina Healthcare | Exchange | $6,851.24 | ↑ +1545% |
| Uae | All Commercial Plans | $12,687.48 | ↑ +2946% |
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Vein x-ray skull at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $3,573.15 | $150.07 – $10,209.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $3,573.15 | $140.00 – $10,209.00 |
| Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital | Houston | $1,325.50 | $401.13 – $6,185.14 |
| Houston Methodist West Hospital | Houston | $1,325.50 | $401.13 – $12,687.48 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $157.04 – $611.22 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | not published | $152.59 – $611.22 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $155.70 – $611.22 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $2,122.85 | $155.70 – $7,896.23 |