Colonoscopy & polypectomy 44392 at Houston Methodist The Woodlands Hospital
17201 Interstate 45 South, The Woodlands, TX · Houstonmethodist · · NPI 1184179194
$616.00
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.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$1,232.00
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.
$1,202.09 with Bcbs vs $4,138.00 with Phcs — 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 | $1,202.09 | ↑ +95% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo | $1,220.13 | ↑ +98% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $1,226.14 | ↑ +99% |
| Cigna | Texas Healthspring Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo | $1,238.16 | ↑ +101% |
| Molina Healthcare | Advantage Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,262.20 | ↑ +105% |
| Community Health Choice | D-Snp Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $1,286.24 | ↑ +109% |
| Humana | Hmo/Pos | $1,650.09 | ↑ +168% |
| Community Health Choice | Silver & Gold Exchange | $1,959.41 | ↑ +218% |
| Bcbs | All Commercial Plans | $2,048.61 | ↑ +233% |
| Cigna | Local Plus/Surefit Hmo/Ppo | $2,052.00 | ↑ +233% |
| Cigna | Network C-24 Hmo/Ppo | $2,052.00 | ↑ +233% |
| Cigna | Pcp Optional/Pcp Required Benefit Plans Hmo | $2,173.00 | ↑ +253% |
| Aetna | New Business Discount Other Commercial Plan | $2,221.00 | ↑ +261% |
| Aetna | Hmo/Pos/Ppo | $2,290.00 | ↑ +272% |
| Optum Health | Transplant Medicare Managed Care Plan | $2,344.08 | ↑ +281% |
| Advanced Medical Pricing Solutions | All Commercial Plans | $2,404.19 | ↑ +290% |
| Entrust | All Commercial Plans | $2,956.00 | ↑ +380% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $3,894.00 | ↑ +532% |
| Phcs | Ppo | $4,138.00 | ↑ +572% |
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Colonoscopy & polypectomy 44392 at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Emergency Center - Alon | San Antonio | $1,188.00 | $429.26 – $2,214.26 |
| CHRISTUS Health - West Beaumont | Beaumont | $2,178.33 | $429.26 – $3,215.00 |
| Houston Methodist Cypress Hospital | Cypress | $616.00 | $1,202.09 – $4,138.00 |
| Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital | Houston | $616.00 | $1,202.09 – $4,138.00 |
| Houston Methodist Continuing Care Hospital | Katy | $616.00 | $2,290.00 – $3,894.00 |
| Houston Methodist Hospital | Houston | $352.50 | $1,202.09 – $4,808.38 |
| Houston Methodist Clear Lake Hospital | Nassau Bay | $616.00 | $582.45 – $4,138.00 |
| Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital | Sugar Land | $616.00 | $1,202.09 – $4,138.00 |