Dress/debrid prtl-thick burn l 16030 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

$882.00

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$1,764.00

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$408.37 with Bcbs vs $5,545.00 with Phcs — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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
Bcbs Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $408.37 ↓ -54%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo $414.49 ↓ -53%
Unitedhealthcare Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $416.53 ↓ -53%
Cigna Texas Healthspring Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo $420.62 ↓ -52%
Molina Healthcare Advantage Medicare Managed Care Plan $428.79 ↓ -51%
Community Health Choice D-Snp Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $436.95 ↓ -50%
Procare Advantage Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $449.20 ↓ -49%
Bcbs All Commercial Plans $651.80 ↓ -26%
Community Health Choice Silver & Gold Exchange $665.64 ↓ -25%
Optum Health Transplant Medicare Managed Care Plan $796.32 ↓ -10%
Molina Healthcare Exchange $816.74 ↓ -7%
Humana Hmo/Pos $2,214.47 ↑ +151%
Aetna New Business Discount Other Commercial Plan $2,989.00 ↑ +239%
Aetna Hmo/Pos/Ppo $3,081.00 ↑ +249%
Entrust All Commercial Plans $3,695.00 ↑ +319%
Cigna Network C-24 Hmo/Ppo $3,849.00 ↑ +336%
Cigna Local Plus/Surefit Hmo/Ppo $3,849.00 ↑ +336%
Cigna Pcp Optional/Pcp Required Benefit Plans Hmo $4,074.00 ↑ +362%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $4,610.00 ↑ +423%
Phcs Ppo $5,545.00 ↑ +529%

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Dress/debrid prtl-thick burn l 16030 at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $257.25 $198.45 – $735.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $257.25 $198.45 – $735.00
Houston Methodist Hospital Houston $1,238.50 $408.37 – $5,545.00
Houston Methodist West Hospital Houston $882.00 $408.37 – $5,545.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $153.53 – $655.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $153.53 – $555.95
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $153.53 – $555.95
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $597.49 $171.51 – $987.79

All Texas hospitals for this procedure →