Ep & ablate ventric tachy at Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital
18220 Tomball Parkway, Houston, TX · Houstonmethodist · · NPI 1871619254
$27,439.50
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.
$54,879.00
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.
$13,432.00 with Unitedhealthcare vs $52,513.93 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.
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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| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $13,432.00 | ↓ -51% |
| Bcbs | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $26,256.97 | ↓ -4% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo | $26,650.82 | ↓ -3% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $26,782.10 | ↓ -2% |
| Cigna | Texas Healthspring Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo | $27,044.67 | ↓ -1% |
| Molina Healthcare | Advantage Medicare Managed Care Plan | $27,569.81 | ↑ +0% |
| Community Health Choice | D-Snp Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $28,094.95 | ↑ +2% |
| Procare Advantage | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $28,882.66 | ↑ +5% |
| Bcbs | All Commercial Plans | $41,687.95 | ↑ +52% |
| Community Health Choice | Silver & Gold Exchange | $42,798.85 | ↑ +56% |
| Optum Health | Transplant Medicare Managed Care Plan | $51,201.08 | ↑ +87% |
| Molina Healthcare | Exchange | $52,513.93 | ↑ +91% |
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Ep & ablate ventric tachy at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | $56,697.36 | $41,892.30 – $41,892.30 |
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $30,095.80 | $9,458.68 – $85,988.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | $70,567.00 | $35,557.37 – $35,557.37 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $30,095.80 | $6,879.04 – $85,988.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | $92,418.99 | $35,557.37 – $35,557.37 |
| Houston Methodist Hospital | Houston | $18,238.50 | $13,350.00 – $105,027.86 |
| Houston Methodist West Hospital | Houston | $27,439.50 | $13,432.00 – $105,027.86 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $46,556.12 | $6,299.00 – $58,835.89 |