Unsched dialysis esrd pt hos at Houston Methodist West Hospital
18500 Katy Freeway, Houston, TX · Houstonmethodist · · NPI 1083937593
$2,406.50
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.
$4,813.00
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.
$689.44 with Bcbs vs $2,757.77 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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| Bcbs | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $689.44 | ↓ -71% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo | $699.78 | ↓ -71% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $703.23 | ↓ -71% |
| Cigna | Texas Healthspring Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo | $710.13 | ↓ -70% |
| Molina Healthcare | Advantage Medicare Managed Care Plan | $723.91 | ↓ -70% |
| Community Health Choice | D-Snp Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $737.70 | ↓ -69% |
| Procare Advantage | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $758.39 | ↓ -68% |
| Community Health Choice | Silver & Gold Exchange | $1,123.79 | ↓ -53% |
| Optum Health | Transplant Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,344.41 | ↓ -44% |
| Molina Healthcare | Exchange | $1,378.88 | ↓ -43% |
| Bcbs | All Commercial Plans | $1,996.89 | ↓ -17% |
| Uae | All Commercial Plans | $2,757.77 | ↑ +15% |
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Unsched dialysis esrd pt hos at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | $7,505.00 | $1,497.67 – $1,497.67 |
| Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital | Houston | $2,406.50 | $689.44 – $1,344.41 |
| Houston Methodist Hospital | Houston | $2,328.50 | $689.44 – $2,757.77 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $1,497.67 – $1,497.67 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $1,497.67 – $1,497.67 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $1,951.63 | $552.96 – $2,439.53 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $1,748.01 | $359.80 – $2,622.01 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $789.50 | $157.90 – $1,731.11 |