Hinge extension/flex wrist/f at Houston Methodist The Woodlands Hospital
17201 Interstate 45 South, The Woodlands, TX · Houstonmethodist · · NPI 1184179194
$1,653.00
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.
$3,306.00
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.
$1,469.84 with Bcbs vs $2,939.68 with Advanced Medical Pricing Solutions — 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 | $1,469.84 | ↓ -11% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo | $1,491.89 | ↓ -10% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $1,499.24 | ↓ -9% |
| Cigna | Texas Healthspring Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo | $1,513.94 | ↓ -8% |
| Molina Healthcare | Advantage Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,543.33 | ↓ -7% |
| Community Health Choice | D-Snp Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $1,572.73 | ↓ -5% |
| Community Health Choice | Silver & Gold Exchange | $2,395.84 | ↑ +45% |
| Optum Health | Transplant Medicare Managed Care Plan | $2,866.19 | ↑ +73% |
| Advanced Medical Pricing Solutions | All Commercial Plans | $2,939.68 | ↑ +78% |
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Hinge extension/flex wrist/f at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Ascension Seton Edgar B. Davis (Ascension Seton) | Luling | $703.62 | $1,140.18 – $1,140.18 |
| Ascension Seton Highland Lakes (Ascension Seton) | Burnet | $703.62 | $1,140.18 – $1,140.18 |
| Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin (Ascension Seton) | Austin | $703.62 | $1,140.18 – $1,140.18 |
| Ascension Seton Northwest (Ascension Seton) | Austin | $703.62 | $1,140.18 – $1,140.18 |
| Ascension Seton Smithville (Ascension Seton) | Smithville | $703.62 | $1,140.18 – $1,140.18 |
| Dell Children's Medical Center (Ascension Seton) | Austin | $1,368.15 | $1,140.18 – $1,140.18 |
| Dell Seton Medical Center at The University of Texas (Ascension Seton) | Austin | $703.62 | $1,140.18 – $1,140.18 |
| Houston Methodist Cypress Hospital | Cypress | $1,653.00 | $1,469.84 – $2,866.19 |