Esoph imped function test at Houston Methodist West Hospital
18500 Katy Freeway, Houston, TX · Houstonmethodist · · NPI 1083937593
$727.50
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.
$1,455.00
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.
$216.91 with Bcbs vs $4,610.00 with Unitedhealthcare — 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 | $216.91 | ↓ -70% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo | $220.16 | ↓ -70% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $221.25 | ↓ -70% |
| Cigna | Texas Healthspring Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo | $223.41 | ↓ -69% |
| Molina Healthcare | Advantage Medicare Managed Care Plan | $227.75 | ↓ -69% |
| Community Health Choice | D-Snp Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $232.09 | ↓ -68% |
| Procare Advantage | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $238.60 | ↓ -67% |
| Community Health Choice | Silver & Gold Exchange | $353.56 | ↓ -51% |
| Bcbs | All Commercial Plans | $360.95 | ↓ -50% |
| Optum Health | Transplant Medicare Managed Care Plan | $422.97 | ↓ -42% |
| Molina Healthcare | Exchange | $433.81 | ↓ -40% |
| Uae | All Commercial Plans | $867.63 | ↑ +19% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $4,610.00 | ↑ +534% |
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Esoph imped function test at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | $1,209.46 | $270.71 – $1,035.56 |
| Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital | Houston | $727.50 | $216.91 – $422.97 |
| Houston Methodist Hospital | Houston | $1,213.00 | $216.91 – $867.63 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $270.71 – $1,035.56 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | not published | $270.71 – $1,035.56 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $800.22 | $206.06 – $1,000.27 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $1,036.73 | $213.39 – $1,555.10 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $855.56 | $171.11 – $1,069.45 |