Apply surf ldr radionuclide at Houston Methodist West Hospital
18500 Katy Freeway, Houston, TX · Houstonmethodist · · NPI 1083937593
$206.50
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.
$413.00
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.
$102.50 with Bcbs vs $409.98 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 | $102.50 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo | $104.03 | ↓ -50% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $104.54 | ↓ -49% |
| Cigna | Texas Healthspring Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo | $105.57 | ↓ -49% |
| Molina Healthcare | Advantage Medicare Managed Care Plan | $107.62 | ↓ -48% |
| Community Health Choice | D-Snp Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $109.67 | ↓ -47% |
| Procare Advantage | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $112.74 | ↓ -45% |
| Cigna | Network C-24 Hmo/Ppo | $153.99 | ↓ -25% |
| Cigna | Local Plus/Surefit Hmo/Ppo | $154.00 | ↓ -25% |
| Cigna | Pcp Optional/Pcp Required Benefit Plans Hmo | $163.02 | ↓ -21% |
| Community Health Choice | Silver & Gold Exchange | $167.07 | ↓ -19% |
| Optum Health | Transplant Medicare Managed Care Plan | $199.87 | ↓ -3% |
| Molina Healthcare | Exchange | $204.99 | ↓ -1% |
| Aetna | New Business Discount Other Commercial Plan | $282.26 | ↑ +37% |
| Aetna | Hmo/Pos/Ppo | $290.86 | ↑ +41% |
| Bcbs | All Commercial Plans | $295.73 | ↑ +43% |
| Uae | All Commercial Plans | $409.98 | ↑ +99% |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital | Houston | $206.50 | $102.50 – $199.87 |
| Houston Methodist Hospital | Houston | $693.50 | $102.50 – $409.98 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $117.39 – $1,098.85 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | not published | $117.39 – $1,098.85 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $117.39 – $1,098.85 |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $285.42 | $58.75 – $428.13 |
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