Warde infectious agent nucleic acid genotype hepatitis c 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

$537.00

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.

$1,074.00

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.

$257.45 with Cigna vs $1,070.99 with Bcbs — 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 $257.45 ↓ -52%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo $261.31 ↓ -51%
Unitedhealthcare Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $262.60 ↓ -51%
Molina Healthcare Advantage Medicare Managed Care Plan $270.32 ↓ -50%
Community Health Choice D-Snp Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $275.47 ↓ -49%
Procare Advantage Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $283.20 ↓ -47%
Community Health Choice Silver & Gold Exchange $419.64 ↓ -22%
Optum Health Transplant Medicare Managed Care Plan $502.03 ↓ -7%
Molina Healthcare Exchange $556.09 ↑ +4%
Uae All Commercial Plans $1,029.80 ↑ +92%
Bcbs All Commercial Plans $1,070.99 ↑ +99%

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Warde infectious agent nucleic acid genotype hepatitis c at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $1,035.25 $216.26 – $1,059.42
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $527.10 $185.36 – $1,506.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $1,922.00 $211.93 – $1,059.42
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $527.10 $185.36 – $1,506.00
Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital Houston $805.00 $257.45 – $1,070.99
Houston Methodist West Hospital Houston $805.00 $257.45 – $1,070.99
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $216.26 – $1,059.42
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,031.93 $231.71 – $991.18

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