Perq clsr tcat l atr apndge at Houston Methodist West Hospital
18500 Katy Freeway, Houston, TX · Houstonmethodist · · NPI 1083937593
$17,513.00
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.
$35,026.00
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.
$1,981.93 with Bcbs vs $10,546.00 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.
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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| Bcbs | All Commercial Plans | $1,981.93 | ↓ -89% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $10,546.00 | ↓ -40% |
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Perq clsr tcat l atr apndge at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $5,035.45 | $1,582.57 – $14,387.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | $90,279.00 | $7,604.31 – $7,604.31 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $5,035.45 | $1,150.96 – $14,387.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | $86,612.49 | $7,604.31 – $7,604.31 |
| Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital | Houston | $17,513.00 | $1,981.93 – $10,546.00 |
| Houston Methodist Hospital | Houston | $8,262.00 | $1,981.93 – $10,482.00 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $20,784.58 | $1,401.45 – $29,444.82 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $17,513.83 | $2,502.00 – $26,270.74 |