Bronchoscopy w/tumor excise at Houston Methodist West Hospital
18500 Katy Freeway, Houston, TX · Houstonmethodist · · NPI 1083937593
$533.50
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.
$1,067.00
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.
$2,214.47 with Humana vs $14,981.34 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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| Humana | Hmo/Pos | $2,214.47 | ↑ +315% |
| Aetna | New Business Discount Other Commercial Plan | $2,989.00 | ↑ +460% |
| Aetna | Hmo/Pos/Ppo | $3,081.00 | ↑ +478% |
| Entrust | All Commercial Plans | $3,695.00 | ↑ +593% |
| Bcbs | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $3,745.34 | ↑ +602% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo | $3,801.52 | ↑ +613% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $3,820.24 | ↑ +616% |
| Cigna | Network C-24 Hmo/Ppo | $3,849.00 | ↑ +621% |
| Cigna | Local Plus/Surefit Hmo/Ppo | $3,849.00 | ↑ +621% |
| Cigna | Texas Healthspring Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo | $3,857.70 | ↑ +623% |
| Molina Healthcare | Advantage Medicare Managed Care Plan | $3,932.60 | ↑ +637% |
| Community Health Choice | D-Snp Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $4,007.51 | ↑ +651% |
| Cigna | Pcp Optional/Pcp Required Benefit Plans Hmo | $4,074.00 | ↑ +664% |
| Procare Advantage | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $4,119.87 | ↑ +672% |
| Phcs | Ppo | $5,545.00 | ↑ +939% |
| Bcbs | All Commercial Plans | $5,991.30 | ↑ +1023% |
| Community Health Choice | Silver & Gold Exchange | $6,104.90 | ↑ +1044% |
| Optum Health | Transplant Medicare Managed Care Plan | $7,303.40 | ↑ +1269% |
| Molina Healthcare | Exchange | $7,490.67 | ↑ +1304% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $8,341.00 | ↑ +1463% |
| Uae | All Commercial Plans | $14,981.34 | ↑ +2708% |
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Bronchoscopy w/tumor excise at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital | Houston | $533.50 | $2,214.47 – $7,303.40 |
| Houston Methodist Hospital | Houston | $1,164.00 | $2,412.65 – $14,981.34 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $1,139.83 – $6,020.67 |
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | not published | $1,285.00 – $1,285.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | not published | $1,041.00 – $5,110.22 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | not published | $1,285.00 – $1,285.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $1,062.24 – $5,110.22 |
| Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth | Fort Worth | $2,229.00 | $1,062.24 – $1,168.46 |