Ins/rpl ldless pm right vent w img & eval at Houston Methodist West Hospital
18500 Katy Freeway, Houston, TX · Houstonmethodist · · NPI 1083937593
$24,977.50
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.
$49,955.00
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 $77,397.86 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 | ↓ -71% |
| Aetna | Hmo/Pos/Ppo | $7,542.00 | ↓ -70% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $9,275.00 | ↓ -63% |
| Bcbs | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $19,349.47 | ↓ -23% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo | $19,639.71 | ↓ -21% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $19,736.45 | ↓ -21% |
| Cigna | Texas Healthspring Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo | $19,929.95 | ↓ -20% |
| Molina Healthcare | Advantage Medicare Managed Care Plan | $20,316.94 | ↓ -19% |
| Community Health Choice | D-Snp Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $20,703.93 | ↓ -17% |
| Procare Advantage | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $21,284.41 | ↓ -15% |
| Community Health Choice | Silver & Gold Exchange | $31,539.63 | ↑ +26% |
| Bcbs | All Commercial Plans | $32,517.54 | ↑ +30% |
| Optum Health | Transplant Medicare Managed Care Plan | $37,731.46 | ↑ +51% |
| Molina Healthcare | Exchange | $38,698.93 | ↑ +55% |
| Uae | All Commercial Plans | $77,397.86 | ↑ +210% |
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Ins/rpl ldless pm right vent w img & eval at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | $66,779.56 | $32,676.94 – $32,676.94 |
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $14,670.25 | $4,610.65 – $41,915.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | $66,882.00 | $19,446.21 – $27,735.55 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $14,670.25 | $3,353.20 – $41,915.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | $48,747.68 | $27,735.55 – $27,735.55 |
| Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital | Houston | $24,977.50 | $7,316.00 – $37,731.46 |
| Houston Methodist Hospital | Houston | $24,879.00 | $7,316.00 – $77,397.86 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $29,327.76 | $6,299.00 – $48,269.91 |