3-d radiotherapy plan at Baylor St Luke's Medical Center
1101 Bates Avenue, Houston, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1184622847
$8,305.15
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.
$23,729.00
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.
$326.08 with BCBS - TX vs $23,729.00 with MHealth Network — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange | $326.08 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange | $394.01 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|Premier | $720.08 | ↓ -91% |
| Renaissance | Commercial|All Plans | $986.75 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|HMO | $1,038.01 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|PPO Trad | $1,154.85 | ↓ -86% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Other Plans | $1,370.48 | ↓ -83% |
| AETNA | Medicare|TRANSPLANT | $1,370.48 | ↓ -83% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $1,370.48 | ↓ -83% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $1,370.48 | ↓ -83% |
| Humana | Medicare|TRANSPLANT | $1,370.48 | ↓ -83% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|HMO | $1,370.48 | ↓ -83% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|PPO | $1,384.18 | ↓ -83% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $1,397.89 | ↓ -83% |
| UHC-SecureHorizons | Medicare|All Plans | $1,397.89 | ↓ -83% |
| Amerivantage | Medicare|All Plans | $1,411.59 | ↓ -83% |
| SELECTCARE | Medicare|All Plans | $1,439.00 | ↓ -83% |
| DEVOTED | Medicare|All Plans | $1,466.41 | ↓ -82% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $1,466.41 | ↓ -82% |
| KINDRED | Medicare|All Plans | $1,644.58 | ↓ -80% |
| KelseyCare | Commercial|Exchange | $1,850.15 | ↓ -78% |
| Employer Direct | Commercial|PPO | $1,918.67 | ↓ -77% |
| Superior Health Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,055.72 | ↓ -75% |
| Community Health Choice | Commercial|Exchange | $2,055.72 | ↓ -75% |
| Harris Health | Commercial|ERS | $2,055.72 | ↓ -75% |
| Community Health Choice | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,055.72 | ↓ -75% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $2,055.72 | ↓ -75% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Exchange | $2,110.54 | ↓ -75% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,111.74 | ↓ -75% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|Transplant | $2,321.54 | ↓ -72% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $2,358.00 | ↓ -72% |
| United | Commercial|Charter | $3,177.00 | ↓ -62% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $3,527.00 | ↓ -58% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $3,527.00 | ↓ -58% |
| NX Health | Commercial|PPO | $4,454.06 | ↓ -46% |
| OPTUM | Medicare|All Plans | $6,406.83 | ↓ -23% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Surefit | $6,644.12 | ↓ -20% |
| Cigna | Commercial|HMO | $7,355.99 | ↓ -11% |
| OPTUM | Medicaid|STAR | $8,585.16 | ↑ +3% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $9,728.89 | ↑ +17% |
| TCHPCHIP | Medicaid|HMO | $9,728.89 | ↑ +17% |
| TCH | Commercial|Transplant | $10,678.05 | ↑ +29% |
| United | Commercial|Optum | $11,152.63 | ↑ +34% |
| Shell | Commercial|All Plans | $11,864.50 | ↑ +43% |
| CHC | Medicaid|CHIP | $13,050.95 | ↑ +57% |
| TEXASTRUECHOICE | Medicaid|CHIP | $13,050.95 | ↑ +57% |
| CHC | Medicaid|HMO | $13,050.95 | ↑ +57% |
| Cigna Lifesource | Commercial|Transplant | $14,237.40 | ↑ +71% |
| Independent Med System | Commercial|All Plans | $14,237.40 | ↑ +71% |
| Aetna | Commercial|KelseyCare | $14,474.69 | ↑ +74% |
| Humana | Commercial|Transplant | $15,423.85 | ↑ +86% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $15,423.85 | ↑ +86% |
| Coventry | Commercial|PPO | $15,423.85 | ↑ +86% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $16,610.30 | ↑ +100% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|PPO | $16,610.30 | ↑ +100% |
| Interlink | Commercial|Transplant | $16,610.30 | ↑ +100% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Transplant | $16,610.30 | ↑ +100% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $17,796.75 | ↑ +114% |
| OPTUM | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $19,604.90 | ↑ +136% |
| USA Health Network | Commercial|All Plans | $20,169.65 | ↑ +143% |
| MHealth Network | Commercial|PPO | $23,729.00 | ↑ +186% |
Visitor-reported prices
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3-d radiotherapy plan at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | $38,220.00 | $497.27 – $4,835.34 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $8,305.15 | $396.73 – $23,729.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $497.27 – $4,835.34 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $497.27 – $4,835.34 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $5,482.48 | $423.90 – $6,853.10 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $5,482.19 | $1,059.75 – $8,223.28 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $5,002.69 | $1,000.54 – $6,253.36 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $5,482.48 | $260.86 – $6,853.10 |