Angio trnslmnl balloon same artery ini 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

$10,103.00

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.

$20,206.00

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.

$5,717.50 with Bcbs vs $11,435.00 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.

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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
Bcbs Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $5,717.50 ↓ -43%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo $5,803.26 ↓ -43%
Unitedhealthcare Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $5,831.85 ↓ -42%
Cigna Texas Healthspring Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo $5,889.02 ↓ -42%
Molina Healthcare Advantage Medicare Managed Care Plan $6,003.37 ↓ -41%
Community Health Choice D-Snp Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $6,117.72 ↓ -39%
Procare Advantage Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $6,289.25 ↓ -38%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $6,856.00 ↓ -32%
Community Health Choice Silver & Gold Exchange $9,319.52 ↓ -8%
Bcbs All Commercial Plans $10,105.98 ↑ +0%
Optum Health Transplant Medicare Managed Care Plan $11,149.12 ↑ +10%
Molina Healthcare Exchange $11,435.00 ↑ +13%

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Angio trnslmnl balloon same artery ini at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $5,514.25 $4,253.85 – $15,755.00
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $12,715.13 $2,300.22 – $15,893.92
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $13,922.42 $71.00 – $20,883.63
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $16,894.29 $71.00 – $21,117.86
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $12,715.13 $2,300.22 – $15,893.92
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $13,922.42 $85.00 – $20,883.63
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $13,922.42 $2,300.22 – $20,883.63
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $16,894.29 $71.00 – $25,341.44

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