H pylori ag ia at Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital
16655 Southwest Freeway, Sugar Land, TX · Houstonmethodist · · NPI 1497871628
$59.00
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.
?
What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$118.00
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.
?
The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$16.00 with Cigna vs $66.56 with Bcbs — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
?
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 →
?
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cigna | Texas Healthspring Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo | $16.00 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo | $16.24 | ↓ -72% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $16.32 | ↓ -72% |
| Molina Healthcare | Advantage Medicare Managed Care Plan | $16.80 | ↓ -72% |
| Community Health Choice | D-Snp Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $17.12 | ↓ -71% |
| Procare Advantage | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $17.60 | ↓ -70% |
| Community Health Choice | Silver & Gold Exchange | $26.08 | ↓ -56% |
| Optum Health | Transplant Medicare Managed Care Plan | $31.20 | ↓ -47% |
| Molina Healthcare | Exchange | $32.00 | ↓ -46% |
| Bcbs | All Commercial Plans | $66.56 | ↑ +13% |
Visitor-reported prices
Comments
H pylori ag ia at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ascension Seton Cedar Park Hospital | Cedar Park | $183.96 | $17.32 – $89.16 |
| Houston Methodist The Woodlands Hospital | The Woodlands | $59.00 | $16.00 – $66.56 |
| Houston Methodist Cypress Hospital | Cypress | $59.00 | $16.00 – $66.56 |
| Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital | Houston | $59.00 | $16.00 – $66.56 |
| Houston Methodist Continuing Care Hospital | Katy | $59.00 | not published |
| Houston Methodist Hospital | Houston | $59.00 | $16.00 – $66.56 |
| Houston Methodist Clear Lake Hospital | Nassau Bay | $59.00 | $16.00 – $31.20 |
| Houston Methodist West Hospital | Houston | $59.00 | $16.00 – $66.56 |