Angio trnslmnl balloon same vein ini at Houston Methodist West Hospital
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$13,295.00
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.
$26,590.00
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.
$5,717.50 with Bcbs vs $22,870.00 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 | $5,717.50 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo | $5,803.26 | ↓ -56% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $5,831.85 | ↓ -56% |
| Cigna | Texas Healthspring Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo | $5,889.02 | ↓ -56% |
| Molina Healthcare | Advantage Medicare Managed Care Plan | $6,003.37 | ↓ -55% |
| Community Health Choice | D-Snp Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $6,117.72 | ↓ -54% |
| Procare Advantage | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $6,289.25 | ↓ -53% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $6,856.00 | ↓ -48% |
| Community Health Choice | Silver & Gold Exchange | $9,319.52 | ↓ -30% |
| Bcbs | All Commercial Plans | $10,105.98 | ↓ -24% |
| Optum Health | Transplant Medicare Managed Care Plan | $11,149.12 | ↓ -16% |
| Molina Healthcare | Exchange | $11,435.00 | ↓ -14% |
| Uae | All Commercial Plans | $22,870.00 | ↑ +72% |
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Angio trnslmnl balloon same vein ini at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | $31,226.02 | $1,893.79 – $10,155.52 |
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $4,712.75 | $3,635.55 – $13,465.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $4,712.75 | $3,635.55 – $13,465.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | $27,541.76 | $1,764.89 – $8,619.80 |
| Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital | Houston | $13,295.00 | $5,717.50 – $11,149.12 |
| Houston Methodist Hospital | Houston | $8,250.00 | $5,717.50 – $22,870.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | not published | $1,729.59 – $8,619.80 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $10,333.74 | $1,764.89 – $14,159.18 |