Myelography l-s spine at Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Stephenville
411 N Belknap St, Stephenville, TX · Texashealth · · NPI 1922031541
$1,305.60
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.
$2,176.00
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.
$551.00 with United Healthcare vs $5,373.03 with Blue Cross Blue Shield — 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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| United Healthcare | All Payer | $551.00 | ↓ -58% |
| United Healthcare Options | PPO | $722.00 | ↓ -45% |
| American Health | Medicare Advantage | $787.49 | ↓ -40% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Medicare Advantage | $787.49 | ↓ -40% |
| HealthSpring | Medicare Advantage | $803.24 | ↓ -38% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $818.99 | ↓ -37% |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $826.87 | ↓ -37% |
| Superior Wellcare | Medicare Advantage HMO | $826.87 | ↓ -37% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare Advantage | $826.87 | ↓ -37% |
| Superior Wellcare | Medicare Advantage MMP | $866.24 | ↓ -34% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage PPO | $874.12 | ↓ -33% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage HMO | $889.87 | ↓ -32% |
| Aetna | Whole Health | $893.47 | ↓ -32% |
| Fort Worth Firefighters | Commercial | $955.92 | ↓ -27% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Managed Medicaid | $961.23 | ↓ -26% |
| Amerigroup | Managed Medicaid | $961.23 | ↓ -26% |
| United Healthcare | Managed Medicaid | $961.23 | ↓ -26% |
| Superior Wellcare | Managed Medicaid | $1,009.29 | ↓ -23% |
| City of Fort Worth | Commercial | $1,022.72 | ↓ -22% |
| Molina | Managed Medicaid | $1,038.13 | ↓ -20% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $1,191.36 | ↓ -9% |
| Cigna | OAP/HMO | $1,202.89 | ↓ -8% |
| Cigna | PPO | $1,516.67 | ↑ +16% |
| Aetna | ASA | $1,525.38 | ↑ +17% |
| Aetna | Coventry | $1,525.38 | ↑ +17% |
| Quick Trip | Commercial | $1,544.96 | ↑ +18% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | HMO | $1,788.51 | ↑ +37% |
| PHCS | PPO | $1,819.14 | ↑ +39% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $1,893.12 | ↑ +45% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial | $1,893.12 | ↑ +45% |
| Galaxy | Commercial | $1,914.88 | ↑ +47% |
| USA | MCO | $1,914.88 | ↑ +47% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Exchange | $1,967.57 | ↑ +51% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | PPO | $1,987.31 | ↑ +52% |
| Cigna | Indemnity | $2,047.62 | ↑ +57% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Traditional | $5,373.03 | ↑ +312% |
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Myelography l-s spine at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $1,350.68 | $109.26 – $1,983.49 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $1,334.09 | $274.60 – $2,001.13 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $1,334.09 | $109.26 – $1,983.49 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $1,350.68 | $109.26 – $1,983.49 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $1,334.09 | $116.91 – $2,001.13 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $1,334.09 | $109.26 – $2,001.13 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $1,334.09 | $109.26 – $2,001.13 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $1,350.68 | $109.26 – $1,983.49 |