Emr pwr source combo vad rep at Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital

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

$17,909.00

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.

$35,818.00

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.

$1,368.33 with Bcbs vs $2,736.66 with Molina Healthcare — 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 $1,368.33 ↓ -92%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo $1,388.85 ↓ -92%
Unitedhealthcare Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $1,395.70 ↓ -92%
Cigna Texas Healthspring Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo $1,409.38 ↓ -92%
Molina Healthcare Advantage Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,436.75 ↓ -92%
Community Health Choice D-Snp Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $1,464.11 ↓ -92%
Procare Advantage Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $1,505.16 ↓ -92%
Community Health Choice Silver & Gold Exchange $2,230.38 ↓ -88%
Optum Health Transplant Medicare Managed Care Plan $2,668.24 ↓ -85%
Molina Healthcare Exchange $2,736.66 ↓ -85%

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Emr pwr source combo vad rep at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $3,109.75 $1,865.85 – $8,885.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $3,109.75 $1,865.85 – $8,885.00
Houston Methodist Hospital Houston $17,909.00 $1,368.33 – $5,473.32
Houston Methodist West Hospital Houston $17,909.00 $1,368.33 – $5,473.32
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $1,340.96 – $2,941.91
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $1,340.96 – $2,941.91
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $1,340.96 – $2,941.91
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,361.60 $486.10 – $3,542.40

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