Gastric emptying imag study at Houston Methodist West Hospital
18500 Katy Freeway, Houston, TX · Houstonmethodist · · NPI 1083937593
$3,508.00
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.
$7,016.00
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.
$545.44 with Bcbs vs $2,181.78 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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| Bcbs | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $545.44 | ↓ -84% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo | $553.63 | ↓ -84% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $556.35 | ↓ -84% |
| Cigna | Texas Healthspring Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo | $561.81 | ↓ -84% |
| Molina Healthcare | Advantage Medicare Managed Care Plan | $572.72 | ↓ -84% |
| Community Health Choice | D-Snp Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $583.62 | ↓ -83% |
| Procare Advantage | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $599.99 | ↓ -83% |
| Community Health Choice | Silver & Gold Exchange | $889.07 | ↓ -75% |
| Optum Health | Transplant Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,063.62 | ↓ -70% |
| Molina Healthcare | Exchange | $1,090.89 | ↓ -69% |
| Aetna | New Business Discount Other Commercial Plan | $1,340.19 | ↓ -62% |
| Aetna | Hmo/Pos/Ppo | $1,381.01 | ↓ -61% |
| Bcbs | All Commercial Plans | $1,722.56 | ↓ -51% |
| Uae | All Commercial Plans | $2,181.78 | ↓ -38% |
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Gastric emptying imag study at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | $6,798.20 | $427.69 – $2,188.92 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | $13,942.00 | $406.04 – $2,188.92 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | $7,601.13 | $414.33 – $2,188.92 |
| Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital | Houston | $3,508.00 | $545.44 – $1,063.62 |
| Houston Methodist Hospital | Houston | not published | $545.44 – $2,181.78 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $1,770.81 | $364.49 – $2,656.22 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $1,770.81 | $397.61 – $2,213.51 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $1,770.81 | $425.44 – $2,656.22 |