Available for HM employees and covered family members
A new tool helps you estimate your out-of-pocket cost for many common procedures and treatments performed at Houston Methodist.
This tool is available for all HM employees with UMR insurance and their covered family members. You must be on the HM network to use the tool for yourself or a covered family member.
You can estimate out-of-pocket costs for HM services like newborn delivery, MRI, surgery, radiology and more. This includes just the facility costs, and not physician or provider fees. The tool factors in your personal information, deductibles (including how much you’ve used so far during the year) and other factors specific to you and your family.
How to access the tool on the HM intranet.
It’s easy to use and just takes a few minutes. Be sure to have your UMR insurance card handy. You’ll need it to fill out your Group Number.
- From the HM intranet home page, see Frequently Accessed Pages (center column).
- Click the arrow to see the drop-down menu.
- Click Estimate Your Cost of Care.
Try the tool. Let us hear from you so we can improve.
As an employee, you can help us pilot this tool before we make it available to our patients. Try the tool and take a minute to fill out a brief online survey. Let us know what you think. Your responses are completely confidential and will make a difference in helping us improve the site when it launches for our patients and the public.
For more information, visit it.houstonmethodist.org/estimateFAQS/.
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