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18300 St John Drive, Nassau Bay, TX · Houstonmethodist · · NPI 1952723967
$8,709.50
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.
$17,419.00
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.
$2,537.60 with Humana vs $11,893.61 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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| Humana | Hmo/Pos | $2,537.60 | ↓ -71% |
| Bcbs | Blue Advantage Exchange | $2,813.31 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | New Business Discount Other Commercial Plan | $3,416.00 | ↓ -61% |
| Aetna | Hmo/Pos/Ppo | $3,522.00 | ↓ -60% |
| Cigna | Network C-24 Hmo/Ppo | $4,004.00 | ↓ -54% |
| Cigna | Local Plus/Surefit Hmo/Ppo | $4,004.00 | ↓ -54% |
| Cigna | Pcp Optional/Pcp Required Benefit Plans Hmo | $4,239.00 | ↓ -51% |
| Entrust | All Commercial Plans | $4,284.00 | ↓ -51% |
| Bcbs | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $5,946.81 | ↓ -32% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo | $6,036.01 | ↓ -31% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $6,065.74 | ↓ -30% |
| Cigna | Texas Healthspring Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo | $6,125.21 | ↓ -30% |
| Molina Healthcare | Advantage Medicare Managed Care Plan | $6,244.15 | ↓ -28% |
| Phcs | Ppo | $6,337.00 | ↓ -27% |
| Community Health Choice | D-Snp Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $6,363.08 | ↓ -27% |
| Procare Advantage | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $6,541.49 | ↓ -25% |
| Community Health Choice | Silver & Gold Exchange | $9,693.29 | ↑ +11% |
| Bcbs | All Commercial Plans | $9,895.08 | ↑ +14% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $10,546.00 | ↑ +21% |
| Optum Health | Transplant Medicare Managed Care Plan | $11,596.27 | ↑ +33% |
| Molina Healthcare | Exchange | $11,893.61 | ↑ +37% |
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Cltx mndblr fx ntrdntl fixj at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $5,807.49 | $1,954.22 – $14,507.25 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $5,741.68 | $71.00 – $14,507.25 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $4,738.30 | $71.00 – $14,507.25 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $5,807.49 | $1,954.22 – $14,507.25 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $5,741.68 | $85.00 – $14,507.25 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $5,741.68 | $1,954.22 – $14,507.25 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $4,738.30 | $71.00 – $14,507.25 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $5,807.49 | $1,954.22 – $14,507.25 |