Warde pancreatic elastase fecal quantitative at Houston Methodist Hospital

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

$180.00

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.

$360.00

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.

$22.97 with Cigna vs $95.56 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 $22.97 ↓ -87%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo $23.31 ↓ -87%
Unitedhealthcare Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $23.43 ↓ -87%
Molina Healthcare Advantage Medicare Managed Care Plan $24.12 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice D-Snp Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $24.58 ↓ -86%
Procare Advantage Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $25.27 ↓ -86%
Community Health Choice Silver & Gold Exchange $37.44 ↓ -79%
Optum Health Transplant Medicare Managed Care Plan $44.79 ↓ -75%
Molina Healthcare Exchange $49.62 ↓ -72%
Uae All Commercial Plans $91.88 ↓ -49%
Bcbs All Commercial Plans $95.56 ↓ -47%

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Warde pancreatic elastase fecal quantitative at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $689.00 $18.90 – $94.78
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $74.42 $19.29 – $94.78
Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital Houston $180.00 $22.97 – $95.56
Houston Methodist West Hospital Houston $180.00 $22.97 – $95.56
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $19.29 – $94.78
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $487.15 $20.67 – $88.43
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $178.50 $10.00 – $123.14
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $178.50 $12.00 – $140.73

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