Prq tcat plmt ntrac st 2+les at Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital
18220 Tomball Parkway, Houston, TX · Houstonmethodist · · NPI 1871619254
$28,093.00
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.
$56,186.00
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.
$18,415.17 with Bcbs vs $36,830.34 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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| Bcbs | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $18,415.17 | ↓ -34% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo | $18,691.40 | ↓ -33% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $18,783.48 | ↓ -33% |
| Cigna | Texas Healthspring Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo | $18,967.63 | ↓ -32% |
| Molina Healthcare | Advantage Medicare Managed Care Plan | $19,335.93 | ↓ -31% |
| Community Health Choice | D-Snp Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $19,704.23 | ↓ -30% |
| Procare Advantage | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $20,256.69 | ↓ -28% |
| Community Health Choice | Silver & Gold Exchange | $30,016.73 | ↑ +7% |
| Optum Health | Transplant Medicare Managed Care Plan | $35,909.58 | ↑ +28% |
| Molina Healthcare | Exchange | $36,830.34 | ↑ +31% |
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Prq tcat plmt ntrac st 2+les at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Houston Methodist Hospital | Houston | $28,093.00 | $18,415.17 – $73,660.69 |
| Houston Methodist West Hospital | Houston | $28,093.00 | $18,415.17 – $73,660.69 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | not published | $35,209.94 – $35,209.94 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $22,098.20 | $6,299.00 – $39,592.62 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $22,098.20 | $4,548.55 – $33,147.31 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $22,098.20 | $10,273.60 – $27,622.76 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $22,098.20 | $10,273.60 – $39,592.62 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $22,098.20 | $10,992.75 – $33,147.31 |