Drain cerebro spinal fluid 62272 at Houston Methodist West Hospital
18500 Katy Freeway, Houston, TX · Houstonmethodist · · NPI 1083937593
$1,338.00
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.
$2,676.00
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.
$709.10 with Bcbs vs $4,138.00 with Phcs — 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 | $709.10 | ↓ -47% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo | $719.73 | ↓ -46% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $723.28 | ↓ -46% |
| Cigna | Texas Healthspring Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo | $730.37 | ↓ -45% |
| Molina Healthcare | Advantage Medicare Managed Care Plan | $744.55 | ↓ -44% |
| Community Health Choice | D-Snp Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $758.73 | ↓ -43% |
| Procare Advantage | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $780.01 | ↓ -42% |
| Community Health Choice | Silver & Gold Exchange | $1,155.83 | ↓ -14% |
| Bcbs | All Commercial Plans | $1,275.10 | ↓ -5% |
| Optum Health | Transplant Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,382.74 | ↑ +3% |
| Molina Healthcare | Exchange | $1,418.20 | ↑ +6% |
| Humana | Hmo/Pos | $1,650.09 | ↑ +23% |
| Cigna | Local Plus/Surefit Hmo/Ppo | $2,052.00 | ↑ +53% |
| Cigna | Network C-24 Hmo/Ppo | $2,052.00 | ↑ +53% |
| Cigna | Pcp Optional/Pcp Required Benefit Plans Hmo | $2,173.00 | ↑ +62% |
| Aetna | New Business Discount Other Commercial Plan | $2,221.00 | ↑ +66% |
| Aetna | Hmo/Pos/Ppo | $2,290.00 | ↑ +71% |
| Uae | All Commercial Plans | $2,836.39 | ↑ +112% |
| Entrust | All Commercial Plans | $2,956.00 | ↑ +121% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $3,913.00 | ↑ +192% |
| Phcs | Ppo | $4,138.00 | ↑ +209% |
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Drain cerebro spinal fluid 62272 at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $606.90 | $468.18 – $1,734.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $606.90 | $468.18 – $1,734.00 |
| Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital | Houston | $1,338.00 | $709.10 – $4,138.00 |
| Houston Methodist Hospital | Houston | $1,247.50 | $709.10 – $4,138.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $282.06 – $1,281.35 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | not published | $257.60 – $1,087.59 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $262.86 – $1,087.59 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $1,192.95 | $262.86 – $1,713.14 |