Warde hepatitis delta agent antibody at Houston Methodist West Hospital

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Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

$14.00

Cash price

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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.

$28.00

Gross charge

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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.

$17.16 with Cigna vs $211.93 with Cigna — 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Cigna Texas Healthspring Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo $17.16 ↑ +23%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo $17.42 ↑ +24%
Unitedhealthcare Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $17.50 ↑ +25%
Molina Healthcare Advantage Medicare Managed Care Plan $18.02 ↑ +29%
Community Health Choice D-Snp Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $18.36 ↑ +31%
Procare Advantage Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $18.88 ↑ +35%
Community Health Choice Silver & Gold Exchange $27.97 ↑ +100%
Optum Health Transplant Medicare Managed Care Plan $33.46 ↑ +139%
Molina Healthcare Exchange $34.32 ↑ +145%
Uae All Commercial Plans $68.64 ↑ +390%
Bcbs All Commercial Plans $71.39 ↑ +410%
Cigna Network C-24 Hmo/Ppo $200.19 ↑ +1330%
Cigna Local Plus/Surefit Hmo/Ppo $200.19 ↑ +1330%
Cigna Pcp Optional/Pcp Required Benefit Plans Hmo $211.93 ↑ +1414%

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Warde hepatitis delta agent antibody at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $109.20 $12.36 – $312.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $780.00 $14.12 – $71.10
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $109.20 $12.36 – $312.00
Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital Houston $14.00 $17.16 – $71.39
Houston Methodist Hospital Houston $14.00 $17.16 – $71.39
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $14.41 – $71.10
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $112.58 $10.00 – $140.73
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $111.53 $12.00 – $167.29

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