17-ketosteroids at Baylor St Luke's Medical Center

1101 Bates Avenue, Houston, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1184622847

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$14.35

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.

$41.00

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.

$9.22 with Renaissance vs $47.66 with BCBS - TX — 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
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $9.22 ↓ -36%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $10.75 ↓ -25%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $10.75 ↓ -25%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $10.75 ↓ -25%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $10.75 ↓ -25%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $10.75 ↓ -25%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $10.96 ↓ -24%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $10.96 ↓ -24%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $10.96 ↓ -24%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $11.07 ↓ -23%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $11.29 ↓ -21%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $12.36 ↓ -14%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $12.80 ↓ -11%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $12.80 ↓ -11%
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $12.80 ↓ -11%
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $12.80 ↓ -11%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $12.80 ↓ -11%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $12.80 ↓ -11%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $12.93 ↓ -10%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $13.06 ↓ -9%
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $13.06 ↓ -9%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $13.18 ↓ -8%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $13.44 ↓ -6%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $13.70 ↓ -5%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $13.70 ↓ -5%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $14.40 ↑ +0%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $14.40 ↑ +0%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $14.73 ↑ +3%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $14.84 ↑ +3%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $15.36 ↑ +7%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $15.36 ↑ +7%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $16.55 ↑ +15%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $16.81 ↑ +17%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $17.28 ↑ +20%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $17.79 ↑ +24%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $17.92 ↑ +25%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $18.45 ↑ +29%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $19.20 ↑ +34%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $19.20 ↑ +34%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $19.20 ↑ +34%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $19.20 ↑ +34%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $19.20 ↑ +34%
United Commercial|Optum $19.27 ↑ +34%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $19.71 ↑ +37%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $20.50 ↑ +43%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $21.12 ↑ +47%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $22.55 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $22.55 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $22.55 ↑ +57%
United Commercial|HMO $23.70 ↑ +65%
United Commercial|Exchange $23.70 ↑ +65%
United Commercial|PPO $23.70 ↑ +65%
United Commercial|Charter $23.70 ↑ +65%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $24.60 ↑ +71%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $26.65 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $26.65 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $26.65 ↑ +86%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $28.70 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $28.70 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $28.70 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $30.58 ↑ +113%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $30.75 ↑ +114%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $33.54 ↑ +134%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $33.54 ↑ +134%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $33.74 ↑ +135%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $33.88 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $34.85 ↑ +143%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $36.99 ↑ +158%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $41.00 ↑ +186%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $41.00 ↑ +186%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $41.00 ↑ +186%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $41.60 ↑ +190%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $46.11 ↑ +221%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Transplant $47.66 ↑ +232%

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17-ketosteroids at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $14.35 $9.22 – $41.60
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $10.75 – $52.96
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $91.01 $12.00 – $136.51
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $91.01 $10.75 – $113.76
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $91.01 $11.50 – $136.51
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $91.01 $8.00 – $136.51
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST Waco $91.01 $10.75 – $113.76
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PFLUGERVILLE Suite 100 $91.01 $10.75 – $136.51

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