Debr musc/fascia 20sq cm/< 11043 at Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital

18220 Tomball Parkway, Houston, TX · Houstonmethodist · · NPI 1871619254

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

$1,241.00

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.

$2,482.00

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.

$742.44 with Bcbs vs $5,545.00 with Phcs — 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
Bcbs Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $742.44 ↓ -40%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo $753.58 ↓ -39%
Unitedhealthcare Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $757.29 ↓ -39%
Cigna Texas Healthspring Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo $764.71 ↓ -38%
Molina Healthcare Advantage Medicare Managed Care Plan $779.56 ↓ -37%
Community Health Choice D-Snp Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $794.41 ↓ -36%
Procare Advantage Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $816.68 ↓ -34%
Bcbs All Commercial Plans $1,013.92 ↓ -18%
Community Health Choice Silver & Gold Exchange $1,210.18 ↓ -2%
Optum Health Transplant Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,447.76 ↑ +17%
Molina Healthcare Exchange $1,484.88 ↑ +20%
Humana Hmo/Pos $2,214.47 ↑ +78%
Aetna New Business Discount Other Commercial Plan $2,989.00 ↑ +141%
Aetna Hmo/Pos/Ppo $3,081.00 ↑ +148%
Entrust All Commercial Plans $3,695.00 ↑ +198%
Cigna Network C-24 Hmo/Ppo $3,849.00 ↑ +210%
Cigna Local Plus/Surefit Hmo/Ppo $3,849.00 ↑ +210%
Cigna Pcp Optional/Pcp Required Benefit Plans Hmo $4,074.00 ↑ +228%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $4,610.00 ↑ +271%
Phcs Ppo $5,545.00 ↑ +347%

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Debr musc/fascia 20sq cm/< 11043 at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $1,977.15 $1,285.00 – $5,649.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $1,977.15 $1,285.00 – $5,649.00
Houston Methodist Hospital Houston $2,403.00 $742.44 – $5,545.00
Houston Methodist West Hospital Houston $1,241.00 $742.44 – $5,545.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $232.63 – $1,018.89
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $232.63 – $864.81
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $232.63 – $864.81
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,415.06 $621.28 – $4,826.69

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