Bundle his recording at Houston Methodist Clear Lake Hospital
18300 St John Drive, Nassau Bay, TX · Houstonmethodist · · NPI 1952723967
$1,513.50
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.
$3,027.00
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.
$3,413.71 with Bcbs vs $15,670.41 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 | Blue Advantage Exchange | $3,413.71 | ↑ +126% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $3,894.00 | ↑ +157% |
| Bcbs | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $7,835.21 | ↑ +418% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo | $7,952.73 | ↑ +425% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $7,991.91 | ↑ +428% |
| Cigna | Texas Healthspring Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo | $8,070.26 | ↑ +433% |
| Molina Healthcare | Advantage Medicare Managed Care Plan | $8,226.97 | ↑ +444% |
| Community Health Choice | D-Snp Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $8,383.67 | ↑ +454% |
| Procare Advantage | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $8,618.73 | ↑ +469% |
| Bcbs | All Commercial Plans | $12,006.85 | ↑ +693% |
| Community Health Choice | Silver & Gold Exchange | $12,771.39 | ↑ +744% |
| Optum Health | Transplant Medicare Managed Care Plan | $15,278.65 | ↑ +909% |
| Molina Healthcare | Exchange | $15,670.41 | ↑ +935% |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $5,557.78 | $1,574.70 – $18,500.61 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $3,958.33 | $814.76 – $18,500.61 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $4,251.46 | $850.29 – $18,500.61 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $5,557.78 | $1,482.08 – $18,500.61 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $3,958.33 | $1,270.62 – $18,500.61 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $3,958.33 | $2,045.14 – $18,500.61 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $4,251.46 | $1,417.15 – $18,500.61 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $5,557.78 | $1,482.08 – $18,500.61 |