Amputation follow-up surgery at Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital

16655 Southwest Freeway, Sugar Land, TX · Houstonmethodist · · NPI 1497871628

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

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Cash price

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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.

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Gross charge

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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.

$5,860.00 with Unitedhealthcare 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $5,860.00
Bcbs Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $7,289.28
Aetna New Business Discount Other Commercial Plan $7,316.00
Aetna Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo $7,398.62
Unitedhealthcare Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $7,435.07
Cigna Texas Healthspring Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo $7,507.96
Aetna Hmo/Pos/Ppo $7,542.00
Molina Healthcare Advantage Medicare Managed Care Plan $7,653.74
Community Health Choice D-Snp Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $7,799.53
Procare Advantage Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $8,018.21
Community Health Choice Silver & Gold Exchange $11,881.53
Bcbs All Commercial Plans $12,203.18
Optum Health Transplant Medicare Managed Care Plan $14,214.10
Molina Healthcare Exchange $14,578.56
Cigna Local Plus/Surefit Hmo/Ppo $15,912.00
Cigna Network C-24 Hmo/Ppo $15,912.00
Cigna Pcp Optional/Pcp Required Benefit Plans Hmo $16,844.00

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Amputation follow-up surgery at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,777.50 $71.00 – $17,722.46
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,777.50 $71.00 – $17,722.46
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $2,777.50 $85.00 – $17,722.46
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $2,777.50 $1,435.04 – $17,722.46
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $2,777.50 $71.00 – $17,722.46
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST Waco $2,777.50 $71.00 – $17,722.46
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER Temple $2,777.50 $71.00 – $17,722.46
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PFLUGERVILLE Suite 100 $2,777.50 $71.00 – $17,722.46

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