Ercp remove forgn body duct 43275 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

$880.50

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.

$1,761.00

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.

$1,927.65 with Bcbs vs $7,542.00 with Aetna — 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 $1,927.65 ↑ +119%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo $1,956.57 ↑ +122%
Unitedhealthcare Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $1,966.20 ↑ +123%
Cigna Texas Healthspring Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo $1,985.48 ↑ +125%
Molina Healthcare Advantage Medicare Managed Care Plan $2,024.03 ↑ +130%
Community Health Choice D-Snp Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $2,062.59 ↑ +134%
Procare Advantage Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $2,120.42 ↑ +141%
Community Health Choice Silver & Gold Exchange $3,142.07 ↑ +257%
Optum Health Transplant Medicare Managed Care Plan $3,758.92 ↑ +327%
Molina Healthcare Exchange $3,855.30 ↑ +338%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $3,894.00 ↑ +342%
Bcbs All Commercial Plans $6,118.12 ↑ +595%
Aetna New Business Discount Other Commercial Plan $7,316.00 ↑ +731%
Aetna Hmo/Pos/Ppo $7,542.00 ↑ +757%

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Ercp remove forgn body duct 43275 at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Houston Methodist Hospital Houston $842.00 $1,927.65 – $7,710.61
Houston Methodist West Hospital Houston $880.50 $1,927.65 – $7,710.61
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $1,201.01 – $6,148.11
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $1,096.87 – $5,218.40
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $1,119.26 – $5,218.40
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $900.27 $1,543.32 – $1,929.15
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Allen Allen $2,144.25 $1,119.26 – $1,208.80
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Flower Mound Flower Mound $2,144.25 $1,119.26 – $1,231.19

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