Egd esophagogastrc fndoplsty at Houston Methodist West Hospital
18500 Katy Freeway, Houston, TX · Houstonmethodist · · NPI 1083937593
$2,094.00
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.
$4,188.00
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.
$7,316.00 with Aetna vs $42,713.09 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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| Aetna | New Business Discount Other Commercial Plan | $7,316.00 | ↑ +249% |
| Aetna | Hmo/Pos/Ppo | $7,542.00 | ↑ +260% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $8,341.00 | ↑ +298% |
| Bcbs | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $10,678.27 | ↑ +410% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo | $10,838.45 | ↑ +418% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $10,891.84 | ↑ +420% |
| Cigna | Texas Healthspring Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo | $10,998.62 | ↑ +425% |
| Molina Healthcare | Advantage Medicare Managed Care Plan | $11,212.19 | ↑ +435% |
| Community Health Choice | D-Snp Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $11,425.75 | ↑ +446% |
| Procare Advantage | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $11,746.10 | ↑ +461% |
| Bcbs | All Commercial Plans | $17,162.74 | ↑ +720% |
| Community Health Choice | Silver & Gold Exchange | $17,405.58 | ↑ +731% |
| Optum Health | Transplant Medicare Managed Care Plan | $20,822.63 | ↑ +894% |
| Molina Healthcare | Exchange | $21,356.54 | ↑ +920% |
| Uae | All Commercial Plans | $42,713.09 | ↑ +1940% |
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Egd esophagogastrc fndoplsty at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital | Houston | $2,094.00 | $7,316.00 – $20,822.63 |
| Houston Methodist Hospital | Houston | $2,956.50 | $7,316.00 – $42,713.09 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $4,326.99 – $17,246.88 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | not published | $3,951.81 – $14,638.81 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $4,032.46 – $14,638.81 |
| Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth | Fort Worth | $6,991.95 | $4,032.46 – $4,435.71 |
| Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Hurst-Euless-Bedford | Bedford | $6,991.95 | $4,032.46 – $4,435.71 |
| Houston Methodist The Woodlands Hospital | The Woodlands | $2,094.00 | $7,316.00 – $21,356.54 |