Int hrhc lig 1 hroid without img at Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital
18220 Tomball Parkway, Houston, TX · Houstonmethodist · · NPI 1871619254
$3,690.00
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.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$7,380.00
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.
$1,606.29 with Bcbs vs $16,844.00 with Cigna — 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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| Bcbs | All Commercial Plans | $1,606.29 | ↓ -56% |
| Bcbs | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $2,788.31 | ↓ -24% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo | $2,830.13 | ↓ -23% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $2,844.08 | ↓ -23% |
| Cigna | Texas Healthspring Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo | $2,871.96 | ↓ -22% |
| Molina Healthcare | Advantage Medicare Managed Care Plan | $2,927.72 | ↓ -21% |
| Community Health Choice | D-Snp Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $2,983.49 | ↓ -19% |
| Procare Advantage | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $3,067.14 | ↓ -17% |
| Community Health Choice | Silver & Gold Exchange | $4,544.94 | ↑ +23% |
| Optum Health | Transplant Medicare Managed Care Plan | $5,437.20 | ↑ +47% |
| Molina Healthcare | Exchange | $5,576.62 | ↑ +51% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $5,860.00 | ↑ +59% |
| Aetna | New Business Discount Other Commercial Plan | $7,316.00 | ↑ +98% |
| Aetna | Hmo/Pos/Ppo | $7,542.00 | ↑ +104% |
| Cigna | Network C-24 Hmo/Ppo | $15,912.00 | ↑ +331% |
| Cigna | Local Plus/Surefit Hmo/Ppo | $15,912.00 | ↑ +331% |
| Cigna | Pcp Optional/Pcp Required Benefit Plans Hmo | $16,844.00 | ↑ +356% |
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Int hrhc lig 1 hroid without img at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Methodist Hospital | Houston | $6,551.50 | $1,606.29 – $11,153.24 |
| Houston Methodist West Hospital | Houston | $3,690.00 | $1,606.29 – $11,153.24 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $1,008.59 – $7,943.44 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | not published | $921.13 – $7,943.44 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $939.93 – $7,943.44 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $2,954.70 | $608.18 – $6,955.62 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $2,814.00 | $939.93 – $6,955.62 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $2,954.70 | $1,005.73 – $6,955.62 |