Abd aorta w/runoff s&i 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

$4,435.90

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.

$12,674.00

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.

$156.71 with Wellpoint vs $12,674.00 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.

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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
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $156.71 ↓ -96%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $156.71 ↓ -96%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $157.04 ↓ -96%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $159.84 ↓ -96%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $160.18 ↓ -96%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $160.18 ↓ -96%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $164.89 ↓ -96%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $180.22 ↓ -96%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $205.39 ↓ -95%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $209.99 ↓ -95%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $214.69 ↓ -95%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $226.21 ↓ -95%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $241.33 ↓ -95%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $277.58 ↓ -94%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $488.94 ↓ -89%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $488.94 ↓ -89%
United Commercial|Exchange $582.00 ↓ -87%
United Commercial|Charter $782.00 ↓ -82%
United Commercial|PPO $869.00 ↓ -80%
United Commercial|HMO $869.00 ↓ -80%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $1,394.14 ↓ -69%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,394.14 ↓ -69%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $1,868.15 ↓ -58%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $2,269.87 ↓ -49%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $3,152.60 ↓ -29%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $3,152.60 ↓ -29%
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $3,152.60 ↓ -29%
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $3,152.60 ↓ -29%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $3,152.60 ↓ -29%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $3,152.60 ↓ -29%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $3,184.13 ↓ -28%
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $3,215.65 ↓ -28%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $3,215.65 ↓ -28%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $3,247.18 ↓ -27%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $3,310.23 ↓ -25%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $3,325.54 ↓ -25%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $3,373.28 ↓ -24%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $3,373.28 ↓ -24%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $3,421.98 ↓ -23%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $3,574.95 ↓ -19%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $3,783.12 ↓ -15%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $4,256.01 ↓ -4%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $4,413.64 ↓ -1%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $4,585.46 ↑ +3%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $4,728.90 ↑ +7%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $4,728.90 ↑ +7%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $4,728.90 ↑ +7%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $4,728.90 ↑ +7%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $4,728.90 ↑ +7%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $4,787.23 ↑ +8%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $4,855.00 ↑ +9%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Transplant $4,983.67 ↑ +12%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $5,196.34 ↑ +17%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $5,703.30 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Optum $5,956.78 ↑ +34%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $6,337.00 ↑ +43%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $6,970.70 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $6,970.70 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $6,970.70 ↑ +57%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $7,427.03 ↑ +67%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $7,604.40 ↑ +71%
Aetna Commercial|KelseyCare $7,731.14 ↑ +74%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $8,238.10 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $8,238.10 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $8,238.10 ↑ +86%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $8,757.24 ↑ +97%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $8,871.80 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $8,871.80 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $8,871.80 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $8,871.80 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $9,505.50 ↑ +114%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $9,699.48 ↑ +119%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $10,245.95 ↑ +131%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $10,471.26 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $10,772.90 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $12,674.00 ↑ +186%

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Abd aorta w/runoff s&i at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $4,435.90 $140.00 – $12,674.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $156.71 – $4,877.45
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $153.90 – $4,877.45
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $156.71 – $4,877.45
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $3,407.32 $157.04 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $3,569.56 $734.73 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $3,683.78 $157.04 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $3,407.32 $157.04 – $7,896.23

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