An cholangiogram percutaneous compl at Houston Methodist West Hospital
18500 Katy Freeway, Houston, TX · Houstonmethodist · · NPI 1083937593
$823.00
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.
$1,646.00
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.
$3,596.72 with Bcbs vs $14,386.86 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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| Bcbs | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $3,596.72 | ↑ +337% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo | $3,650.67 | ↑ +344% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $3,668.65 | ↑ +346% |
| Cigna | Texas Healthspring Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo | $3,704.62 | ↑ +350% |
| Molina Healthcare | Advantage Medicare Managed Care Plan | $3,776.55 | ↑ +359% |
| Community Health Choice | D-Snp Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $3,848.49 | ↑ +368% |
| Procare Advantage | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $3,956.39 | ↑ +381% |
| Community Health Choice | Silver & Gold Exchange | $5,862.65 | ↑ +612% |
| Bcbs | All Commercial Plans | $6,343.05 | ↑ +671% |
| Optum Health | Transplant Medicare Managed Care Plan | $7,013.60 | ↑ +752% |
| Molina Healthcare | Exchange | $7,193.43 | ↑ +774% |
| Aetna | New Business Discount Other Commercial Plan | $7,316.00 | ↑ +789% |
| Aetna | Hmo/Pos/Ppo | $7,542.00 | ↑ +816% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $8,341.00 | ↑ +913% |
| Uae | All Commercial Plans | $14,386.86 | ↑ +1648% |
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An cholangiogram percutaneous compl at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | $12,001.96 | $6,374.15 – $6,374.15 |
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $3,525.90 | $2,719.98 – $10,074.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | $2,823.00 | $3,614.70 – $5,410.25 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $3,525.90 | $2,719.98 – $10,074.00 |
| Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital | Houston | $823.00 | $3,596.72 – $7,013.60 |
| Houston Methodist Hospital | Houston | $395.00 | $3,596.72 – $14,386.86 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $5,410.25 – $5,410.25 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $2,417.63 | $684.99 – $8,570.48 |