All procedures / Brain MRI / Houston, TX
Across 13 hospitals in the Houston, TX area that publish federally required price files, the median negotiated PPO rate is $906, the median HMO rate is $1,997, the median self-pay (cash) price is $4,119 for a MRI of the brain (without contrast). The Medicare outpatient baseline for the same procedure family is $356.
Source: hospital machine-readable files (45 CFR §180), file dates 2024-01-01 to 2026-08-06 · Medicare baseline: CMS OPPS Addendum B · Data extracted 2026-10-06 · Page updated 2026-10-15
| Hospital | PPO | HMO | Commercial | Medicare Adv. | ACA Exchange | Medicare | Cash | List (gross) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Voyages Behavioral Health Of Sugar Land Sugar Land · file updated 2026-08-06 | $7622.1× Medicare | — | $1,0162.9× Medicare | $1,2703.6× Medicare | — | — | $1,693 | $1,693 |
| Houston Methodist Baytown Hospital Baytown · CMS 5★ · file updated 2026-04-01 | $8532.4× Medicare | — | $1,8005.1× Medicare | $3751.1× Medicare | $6361.8× Medicare | $3601.0× Medicare | — | — |
| Houston Methodist Sugarland Hospital Sugar Land · CMS 5★ · file updated 2026-04-01 | $8532.4× Medicare | — | $1,8005.1× Medicare | $3751.1× Medicare | $6361.8× Medicare | $3601.0× Medicare | — | — |
| Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital Houston · CMS 5★ · file updated 2026-04-01 | $8532.4× Medicare | — | $1,8005.1× Medicare | $3751.1× Medicare | $6361.8× Medicare | $3601.0× Medicare | — | — |
| Houston Methodist West Hospital Houston · CMS 5★ · file updated 2026-04-01 | $8532.4× Medicare | — | $1,4013.9× Medicare | $3751.1× Medicare | $6361.8× Medicare | $3601.0× Medicare | — | — |
| Houston Methodist The Woodlands Hospital The Woodlands · CMS 5★ · file updated 2026-04-01 | $8532.4× Medicare | — | $1,8005.1× Medicare | $3751.1× Medicare | $5711.6× Medicare | $3591.0× Medicare | — | — |
| Tops Surgical Specialty Hospital Houston · file updated 2026-04-15 | $9062.5× Medicare | $7022.0× Medicare | — | — | — | — | $2,100 | $6,000 |
| Huntington Hospital Pasadena · file updated n/a | $1,1293.2× Medicare | $1,1043.1× Medicare | — | $4401.2× Medicare | $8972.5× Medicare | $4361.2× Medicare | $888 | — |
| St Luke'S Hospital At The Vintage Houston · CMS 4★ · file updated 2026-02-28 | $2,6657.5× Medicare | $1,9975.6× Medicare | $7,65021.5× Medicare | — | $5501.5× Medicare | $3631.0× Medicare | $4,119 | $11,770 |
| St Luke'S Patients Medical Center Pasadena · CMS 3★ · file updated 2026-02-28 | $2,8127.9× Medicare | $1,9975.6× Medicare | $8,38523.5× Medicare | — | $5571.6× Medicare | $3641.0× Medicare | $4,891 | $13,975 |
| St Luke'S Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land · CMS 3★ · file updated 2026-02-28 | $2,8127.9× Medicare | $1,9975.6× Medicare | $7,65021.5× Medicare | — | $5501.5× Medicare | $3641.0× Medicare | $4,119 | $11,770 |
| Texas Childrens Hospital Houston · file updated 2024-01-01file >12 mo old | $5,02614.1× Medicare | — | $4,31612.1× Medicare | — | — | — | $4,131 | $6,167 |
| St Luke'S The Woodlands Hospital The Woodlands · CMS 3★ · file updated 2026-02-28 | $7,65021.5× Medicare | $1,9975.6× Medicare | $7,06219.8× Medicare | — | $5501.5× Medicare | $3631.0× Medicare | $4,119 | $11,770 |
Each figure is the median of that hospital's published rates for the procedure's code family under that plan type. "×Medicare" compares to the CMS national outpatient rate. Blank cells mean the hospital's file discloses no dollar rate for that plan type.
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