Intro cath dialysis circuit w/stent plcmnt at Houston Methodist West Hospital
18500 Katy Freeway, Houston, TX · Houstonmethodist · · NPI 1083937593
$10,186.00
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.
$20,372.00
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.
$9,799.00 with Unitedhealthcare vs $46,387.18 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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| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $9,799.00 | ↓ -4% |
| Bcbs | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $11,596.79 | ↑ +14% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo | $11,770.75 | ↑ +16% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $11,828.73 | ↑ +16% |
| Cigna | Texas Healthspring Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo | $11,944.70 | ↑ +17% |
| Molina Healthcare | Advantage Medicare Managed Care Plan | $12,176.63 | ↑ +20% |
| Community Health Choice | D-Snp Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $12,408.57 | ↑ +22% |
| Procare Advantage | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $12,756.47 | ↑ +25% |
| Community Health Choice | Silver & Gold Exchange | $18,902.78 | ↑ +86% |
| Bcbs | All Commercial Plans | $20,213.30 | ↑ +98% |
| Optum Health | Transplant Medicare Managed Care Plan | $22,613.75 | ↑ +122% |
| Molina Healthcare | Exchange | $23,193.59 | ↑ +128% |
| Uae | All Commercial Plans | $46,387.18 | ↑ +355% |
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Intro cath dialysis circuit w/stent plcmnt at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | $29,707.65 | $5,655.01 – $20,312.38 |
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $35,500.15 | $27,385.83 – $101,429.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | $26,837.00 | $5,164.69 – $17,240.76 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $35,500.15 | $27,385.83 – $101,429.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | $24,012.53 | $5,270.09 – $17,240.76 |
| Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital | Houston | $10,186.00 | $9,799.00 – $22,613.75 |
| Houston Methodist Hospital | Houston | $6,833.50 | $9,739.00 – $46,387.18 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $28,837.03 | $5,270.09 – $36,046.29 |