Arthrocentesis/aspiration/injection intermediate joint/bursa without ultrasound guidance right at Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital
16655 Southwest Freeway, Sugar Land, TX · Houstonmethodist · · NPI 1497871628
$1,314.50
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.
$2,629.00
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.
$37.93 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.
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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| Bcbs | All Commercial Plans | $37.93 | ↓ -97% |
| Bcbs | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $308.35 | ↓ -77% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo | $312.98 | ↓ -76% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $314.52 | ↓ -76% |
| Cigna | Texas Healthspring Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo | $317.60 | ↓ -76% |
| Molina Healthcare | Advantage Medicare Managed Care Plan | $323.77 | ↓ -75% |
| Community Health Choice | D-Snp Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $329.93 | ↓ -75% |
| Procare Advantage | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $339.19 | ↓ -74% |
| Community Health Choice | Silver & Gold Exchange | $502.61 | ↓ -62% |
| Optum Health | Transplant Medicare Managed Care Plan | $601.28 | ↓ -54% |
| Molina Healthcare | Exchange | $616.70 | ↓ -53% |
| Cigna | Network C-24 Hmo/Ppo | $2,052.00 | ↑ +56% |
| Cigna | Local Plus/Surefit Hmo/Ppo | $2,052.00 | ↑ +56% |
| Cigna | Pcp Optional/Pcp Required Benefit Plans Hmo | $2,173.00 | ↑ +65% |
| Entrust | All Commercial Plans | $2,956.00 | ↑ +125% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $4,610.00 | ↑ +251% |
| Aetna | New Business Discount Other Commercial Plan | $7,316.00 | ↑ +457% |
| Aetna | Hmo/Pos/Ppo | $7,542.00 | ↑ +474% |
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Arthrocentesis/aspiration/injection intermediate joint/bursa without ultrasound guidance right at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital | Sugar Land | $1,396.50 | $1,077.30 – $3,990.00 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $592.94 | $32.48 – $4,826.69 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $588.53 | $23.54 – $735.67 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $631.51 | $25.19 – $947.26 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $907.51 | $23.54 – $1,134.39 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $588.53 | $23.54 – $735.67 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $631.51 | $25.19 – $947.26 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $631.51 | $23.54 – $947.26 |