Doppler upper/lower extremity arteries complete bilateral at Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital
16655 Southwest Freeway, Sugar Land, TX · Houstonmethodist · · NPI 1497871628
$2,609.50
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.
$5,219.00
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.
$216.91 with Bcbs vs $433.81 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.
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 | $216.91 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo | $220.16 | ↓ -92% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $221.25 | ↓ -92% |
| Cigna | Texas Healthspring Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo | $223.41 | ↓ -91% |
| Molina Healthcare | Advantage Medicare Managed Care Plan | $227.75 | ↓ -91% |
| Community Health Choice | D-Snp Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $232.09 | ↓ -91% |
| Procare Advantage | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $238.60 | ↓ -91% |
| Community Health Choice | Silver & Gold Exchange | $353.56 | ↓ -86% |
| Bcbs | All Commercial Plans | $354.18 | ↓ -86% |
| Optum Health | Transplant Medicare Managed Care Plan | $422.97 | ↓ -84% |
| Molina Healthcare | Exchange | $433.81 | ↓ -83% |
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Doppler upper/lower extremity arteries complete bilateral at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital | Sugar Land | $1,284.50 | $128.31 – $3,670.00 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $1,410.47 | $437.05 – $437.05 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $881.26 | $129.98 – $1,101.58 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $857.57 | $176.52 – $1,286.36 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $738.05 | $129.98 – $1,117.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $881.26 | $129.98 – $1,117.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $857.57 | $139.08 – $1,286.36 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $857.57 | $129.98 – $1,286.36 |