Ins icd gen exist mlt leads 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

$42,070.00

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.

$84,140.00

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.

$7,316.00 with Aetna vs $65,856.59 with Bcbs — 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
Aetna New Business Discount Other Commercial Plan $7,316.00 ↓ -83%
Aetna Hmo/Pos/Ppo $7,542.00 ↓ -82%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $7,665.00 ↓ -82%
Bcbs Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $31,531.90 ↓ -25%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo $32,004.88 ↓ -24%
Unitedhealthcare Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $32,162.54 ↓ -24%
Cigna Texas Healthspring Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo $32,477.86 ↓ -23%
Molina Healthcare Advantage Medicare Managed Care Plan $33,108.49 ↓ -21%
Community Health Choice D-Snp Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $33,739.13 ↓ -20%
Procare Advantage Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $34,685.09 ↓ -18%
Community Health Choice Silver & Gold Exchange $51,397.00 ↑ +22%
Optum Health Transplant Medicare Managed Care Plan $61,487.20 ↑ +46%
Molina Healthcare Exchange $63,063.80 ↑ +50%
Bcbs All Commercial Plans $65,856.59 ↑ +57%

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Ins icd gen exist mlt leads at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $11,058.25 $8,530.65 – $31,595.00
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $31,286.77 $6,299.00 – $81,499.55
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $48,453.26 $9,973.30 – $81,499.55
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $37,154.56 $15,811.00 – $81,499.55
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $31,286.77 $18,250.61 – $81,499.55
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $48,453.26 $15,811.00 – $81,499.55
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $48,453.26 $13,462.00 – $81,499.55
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $37,154.56 $15,811.00 – $81,499.55

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