Asxl1 full gene sequence at Houston Methodist West Hospital

18500 Katy Freeway, Houston, TX · Houstonmethodist · · NPI 1083937593

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

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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.

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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.

$676.50 with Cigna vs $2,814.24 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 $676.50
Aetna Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo $686.65
Unitedhealthcare Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $690.03
Molina Healthcare Advantage Medicare Managed Care Plan $710.32
Community Health Choice D-Snp Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $723.86
Procare Advantage Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $744.15
Community Health Choice Silver & Gold Exchange $1,102.70
Optum Health Transplant Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,319.18
Molina Healthcare Exchange $1,353.00
Uae All Commercial Plans $2,706.00
Bcbs All Commercial Plans $2,814.24

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Asxl1 full gene sequence at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $321.30 $247.86 – $2,198.63
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $321.30 $247.86 – $2,198.63
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $662.97 – $2,782.33
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $662.97 – $2,782.33
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $662.97 – $2,782.33
Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital Houston not published $676.50 – $2,814.24
Houston Methodist Hospital Houston not published $676.50 – $2,814.24
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE $2,764.25 $662.97 – $2,782.33

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