Warde estrogen fractionated at Houston Methodist Hospital

6565 Fannin, Houston, TX · Houstonmethodist · · NPI 1548387418

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

$35.00

Cash price

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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.

$70.00

Gross charge

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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.

$32.30 with Cigna vs $398.82 with Cigna — 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Cigna Texas Healthspring Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo $32.30 ↓ -8%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo $32.78 ↓ -6%
Unitedhealthcare Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $32.95 ↓ -6%
Molina Healthcare Advantage Medicare Managed Care Plan $33.92 ↓ -3%
Community Health Choice D-Snp Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $34.56 ↓ -1%
Procare Advantage Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $35.53 ↑ +2%
Community Health Choice Silver & Gold Exchange $52.65 ↑ +50%
Optum Health Transplant Medicare Managed Care Plan $62.98 ↑ +80%
Molina Healthcare Exchange $69.77 ↑ +99%
Uae All Commercial Plans $129.20 ↑ +269%
Bcbs All Commercial Plans $134.37 ↑ +284%
Cigna Network C-24 Hmo/Ppo $376.74 ↑ +976%
Cigna Local Plus/Surefit Hmo/Ppo $376.74 ↑ +976%
Cigna Pcp Optional/Pcp Required Benefit Plans Hmo $398.82 ↑ +1039%

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Warde estrogen fractionated at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital Houston $35.00 $32.30 – $134.37
Houston Methodist West Hospital Houston $35.00 $32.30 – $134.37
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $26.59 – $132.41
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $27.13 – $132.41
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $125.35 $10.00 – $77.52
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $191.74 $7.41 – $77.52
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $186.16 $12.00 – $77.52
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $125.35 $10.00 – $77.52

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