Artery xray of abdomen 75726-26 at Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital
18220 Tomball Parkway, Houston, TX · Houstonmethodist · · NPI 1871619254
$6,129.00
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.
$12,258.00
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.
$297.59 with Aetna vs $18,200.91 with Bcbs — 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 | $297.59 | ↓ -95% |
| Aetna | Hmo/Pos/Ppo | $306.65 | ↓ -95% |
| Cigna | Local Plus/Surefit Hmo/Ppo | $4,259.00 | ↓ -31% |
| Cigna | Network C-24 Hmo/Ppo | $4,259.25 | ↓ -31% |
| Cigna | Pcp Optional/Pcp Required Benefit Plans Hmo | $4,508.91 | ↓ -26% |
| Bcbs | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $5,589.84 | ↓ -9% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo | $5,673.69 | ↓ -7% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $5,701.64 | ↓ -7% |
| Cigna | Texas Healthspring Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo | $5,757.54 | ↓ -6% |
| Molina Healthcare | Advantage Medicare Managed Care Plan | $5,869.34 | ↓ -4% |
| Community Health Choice | D-Snp Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $5,981.13 | ↓ -2% |
| Procare Advantage | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $6,148.83 | ↑ +0% |
| Community Health Choice | Silver & Gold Exchange | $9,111.44 | ↑ +49% |
| Optum Health | Transplant Medicare Managed Care Plan | $10,900.19 | ↑ +78% |
| Molina Healthcare | Exchange | $11,179.69 | ↑ +82% |
| Bcbs | All Commercial Plans | $18,200.91 | ↑ +197% |
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Artery xray of abdomen 75726-26 at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $5,453.35 | $170.08 – $15,581.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $5,453.35 | $140.00 – $15,581.00 |
| Houston Methodist Hospital | Houston | $1,794.00 | $314.20 – $22,359.37 |
| Houston Methodist West Hospital | Houston | $6,129.00 | $297.59 – $22,359.37 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $171.41 – $8,089.29 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | not published | $166.68 – $8,089.29 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $170.08 – $8,089.29 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $4,658.99 | $170.08 – $13,613.39 |