Bronch/asp/tracheobronch tree/subs 31646 at Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital
16655 Southwest Freeway, Sugar Land, TX · Houstonmethodist · · NPI 1497871628
$858.50
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.
$1,717.00
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.
$392.90 with Bcbs vs $4,610.00 with Unitedhealthcare — 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 | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $392.90 | ↓ -54% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo | $398.79 | ↓ -54% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $400.76 | ↓ -53% |
| Cigna | Texas Healthspring Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo | $404.69 | ↓ -53% |
| Molina Healthcare | Advantage Medicare Managed Care Plan | $412.55 | ↓ -52% |
| Community Health Choice | D-Snp Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $420.40 | ↓ -51% |
| Procare Advantage | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $432.19 | ↓ -50% |
| Community Health Choice | Silver & Gold Exchange | $640.43 | ↓ -25% |
| Optum Health | Transplant Medicare Managed Care Plan | $766.16 | ↓ -11% |
| Bcbs | All Commercial Plans | $770.90 | ↓ -10% |
| Molina Healthcare | Exchange | $785.80 | ↓ -8% |
| Humana | Hmo/Pos | $1,650.09 | ↑ +92% |
| Cigna | Local Plus/Surefit Hmo/Ppo | $2,052.00 | ↑ +139% |
| Cigna | Network C-24 Hmo/Ppo | $2,052.00 | ↑ +139% |
| Cigna | Pcp Optional/Pcp Required Benefit Plans Hmo | $2,173.00 | ↑ +153% |
| Aetna | New Business Discount Other Commercial Plan | $2,221.00 | ↑ +159% |
| Aetna | Hmo/Pos/Ppo | $2,290.00 | ↑ +167% |
| Entrust | All Commercial Plans | $2,956.00 | ↑ +244% |
| Phcs | Ppo | $4,138.00 | ↑ +382% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $4,610.00 | ↑ +437% |
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Bronch/asp/tracheobronch tree/subs 31646 at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital | Sugar Land | not published | $958.00 – $958.00 |
| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | $527.52 | $804.91 – $4,579.48 |
| St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital | Madisonville | $170.10 | $123.84 – $972.00 |
| St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital | College Station | $170.10 | $534.60 – $972.00 |
| St. Joseph Health Grimes Hospital | Navasota | $170.10 | $352.45 – $1,078.92 |
| Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital | Arlington | $2,178.90 | $155.59 – $171.15 |
| Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Denton | Denton | $2,178.90 | $155.59 – $171.15 |
| Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Plano | Plano | $2,178.90 | $155.59 – $168.04 |