Ins/rpl wireless pulm art sensor incl s&i at Houston Methodist West Hospital
18500 Katy Freeway, Houston, TX · Houstonmethodist · · NPI 1083937593
$16,124.50
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.
$32,249.00
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 $115,256.24 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 | ↓ -55% |
| Aetna | Hmo/Pos/Ppo | $7,542.00 | ↓ -53% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $7,665.00 | ↓ -52% |
| Bcbs | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $28,814.06 | ↑ +79% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo | $29,246.27 | ↑ +81% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $29,390.34 | ↑ +82% |
| Cigna | Texas Healthspring Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo | $29,678.48 | ↑ +84% |
| Molina Healthcare | Advantage Medicare Managed Care Plan | $30,254.76 | ↑ +88% |
| Community Health Choice | D-Snp Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $30,831.04 | ↑ +91% |
| Procare Advantage | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $31,695.47 | ↑ +97% |
| Community Health Choice | Silver & Gold Exchange | $46,966.92 | ↑ +191% |
| Optum Health | Transplant Medicare Managed Care Plan | $56,187.42 | ↑ +248% |
| Molina Healthcare | Exchange | $57,628.12 | ↑ +257% |
| Bcbs | All Commercial Plans | $58,183.92 | ↑ +261% |
| Uae | All Commercial Plans | $115,256.24 | ↑ +615% |
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Ins/rpl wireless pulm art sensor incl s&i at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | $176,106.80 | $58,469.14 – $58,469.14 |
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $10,912.65 | $3,429.69 – $31,179.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | $87,407.00 | $28,958.13 – $49,627.46 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $10,912.65 | $2,494.32 – $31,179.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | $130,443.92 | $49,627.46 – $49,627.46 |
| Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital | Houston | $16,124.50 | $7,316.00 – $56,187.42 |
| Houston Methodist Hospital | Houston | $17,092.50 | $7,316.00 – $115,256.24 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $22,994.98 | $6,299.00 – $72,000.42 |