Inj, factor x, (human), 1iu at Houston Methodist West Hospital

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Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

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Cash price

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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.

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Gross charge

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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.

$9.78 with Bcbs vs $56.37 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Bcbs Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $9.78
Cigna Texas Healthspring Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo $9.78
Aetna Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo $9.92
Unitedhealthcare Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $9.97
Molina Healthcare Advantage Medicare Managed Care Plan $10.26
Community Health Choice D-Snp Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $10.46
Procare Advantage Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $10.75
Community Health Choice Silver & Gold Exchange $15.93
Optum Health Transplant Medicare Managed Care Plan $19.06
Molina Healthcare Exchange $19.55
Cigna Network C-24 Hmo/Ppo $23.29
Cigna Local Plus/Surefit Hmo/Ppo $23.29
Cigna Pcp Optional/Pcp Required Benefit Plans Hmo $24.78
Bcbs All Commercial Plans $34.91
Uae All Commercial Plans $39.10
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $56.37

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Inj, factor x, (human), 1iu at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $9.53 – $85.23
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $9.92 – $85.23
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $9.53 – $85.23
Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital Houston not published $9.78 – $19.06
Houston Methodist Hospital Houston not published $9.78 – $39.10
Ascension Seton Edgar B. Davis (Ascension Seton) Luling $4.23 $7.17 – $11.43
Ascension Seton Highland Lakes (Ascension Seton) Burnet $4.23 $7.17 – $11.43
Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin (Ascension Seton) Austin $4.23 $7.17 – $11.43

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