Application long leg splint 29505 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

$374.00

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.

$748.00

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.

$84.83 with Bcbs vs $7,542.00 with Aetna — 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 All Commercial Plans $84.83 ↓ -77%
Bcbs Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $163.24 ↓ -56%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo $165.69 ↓ -56%
Unitedhealthcare Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $166.51 ↓ -55%
Cigna Texas Healthspring Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo $168.14 ↓ -55%
Molina Healthcare Advantage Medicare Managed Care Plan $171.40 ↓ -54%
Community Health Choice D-Snp Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $174.67 ↓ -53%
Procare Advantage Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $179.56 ↓ -52%
Cigna Local Plus/Surefit Hmo/Ppo $211.00 ↓ -44%
Cigna Network C-24 Hmo/Ppo $211.00 ↓ -44%
Cigna Pcp Optional/Pcp Required Benefit Plans Hmo $222.00 ↓ -41%
Community Health Choice Silver & Gold Exchange $266.08 ↓ -29%
Optum Health Transplant Medicare Managed Care Plan $318.32 ↓ -15%
Molina Healthcare Exchange $326.48 ↓ -13%
Entrust All Commercial Plans $2,956.00 ↑ +690%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $4,610.00 ↑ +1133%
Aetna New Business Discount Other Commercial Plan $7,316.00 ↑ +1856%
Aetna Hmo/Pos/Ppo $7,542.00 ↑ +1917%

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Application long leg splint 29505 at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $177.10 $136.62 – $506.00
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,798.42 $72.63 – $4,826.69
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $465.08 $48.45 – $581.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $472.43 $51.84 – $708.64
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $440.00 $48.45 – $550.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $465.08 $48.45 – $581.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $472.43 $51.84 – $708.64
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $472.43 $48.45 – $708.64

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