Injection for shoulder arthrogram or enhanced ct/mri shoulder arthography (both sides) at Houston Methodist West Hospital
18500 Katy Freeway, Houston, TX · Houstonmethodist · · NPI 1083937593
$900.50
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.
$1,801.00
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.
$2,956.00 with Entrust vs $7,542.00 with Aetna — 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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| Entrust | All Commercial Plans | $2,956.00 | ↑ +228% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $4,610.00 | ↑ +412% |
| Aetna | New Business Discount Other Commercial Plan | $7,316.00 | ↑ +712% |
| Aetna | Hmo/Pos/Ppo | $7,542.00 | ↑ +738% |
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Injection for shoulder arthrogram or enhanced ct/mri shoulder arthography (both sides) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $503.30 | $0.02 – $1,438.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $503.30 | $100.00 – $1,438.00 |
| Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital | Houston | $900.50 | $2,956.00 – $7,316.00 |
| Houston Methodist Hospital | Houston | $87.50 | $2,956.00 – $7,316.00 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $514.36 | $145.73 – $728.67 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $313.22 | $64.47 – $469.84 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $307.18 | $61.44 – $383.98 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $514.36 | $137.16 – $728.67 |