Ablate bone tumor(s) cryo perq 20983 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

$7,513.10

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.

$21,466.00

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.

$900.00 with Healthsmart vs $23,254.72 with NX Health — 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
Healthsmart Commercial|AP3 $900.00 ↓ -88%
Aetna Commercial|KelseyCare $1,195.00 ↓ -84%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,438.00 ↓ -81%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $2,404.80 ↓ -68%
Humana Commercial|PPO $2,700.00 ↓ -64%
Humana Commercial|HMO $2,700.00 ↓ -64%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $3,309.00 ↓ -56%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $3,646.00 ↓ -51%
United Commercial|Exchange $4,848.00 ↓ -35%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $5,024.84 ↓ -33%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $5,151.82 ↓ -31%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $5,503.39 ↓ -27%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $5,795.82 ↓ -23%
United Commercial|Charter $6,527.00 ↓ -13%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $7,155.30 ↓ -5%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $7,155.30 ↓ -5%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $7,155.30 ↓ -5%
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $7,155.30 ↓ -5%
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $7,155.30 ↓ -5%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $7,155.30 ↓ -5%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $7,226.85 ↓ -4%
United Commercial|HMO $7,252.00 ↓ -3%
United Commercial|PPO $7,252.00 ↓ -3%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $7,298.41 ↓ -3%
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $7,298.41 ↓ -3%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $7,369.96 ↓ -2%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $7,513.06 ↓ -0%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $7,656.17 ↑ +2%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $7,656.17 ↑ +2%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $7,766.40 ↑ +3%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $8,586.36 ↑ +14%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $8,801.06 ↑ +17%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $9,158.00 ↑ +22%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $9,659.66 ↑ +29%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $9,659.70 ↑ +29%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $9,989.86 ↑ +33%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $10,017.42 ↑ +33%
United Commercial|Optum $10,089.02 ↑ +34%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $10,474.69 ↑ +39%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $10,732.95 ↑ +43%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $10,732.95 ↑ +43%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $10,732.95 ↑ +43%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $10,732.95 ↑ +43%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $10,732.95 ↑ +43%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $10,733.00 ↑ +43%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $11,019.16 ↑ +47%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $11,806.30 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $11,806.30 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $11,806.30 ↑ +57%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $12,203.18 ↑ +62%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $12,879.60 ↑ +71%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $13,160.29 ↑ +75%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $13,952.90 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $13,952.90 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $13,952.90 ↑ +86%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $15,026.20 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $15,026.20 ↑ +100%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $15,026.20 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $15,026.20 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $16,099.50 ↑ +114%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $16,314.16 ↑ +117%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $17,735.21 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $18,246.10 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $21,466.00 ↑ +186%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $23,254.72 ↑ +210%

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Ablate bone tumor(s) cryo perq 20983 at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $7,513.10 $900.00 – $21,466.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $12,263.00 – $12,263.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $7,325.73 – $10,408.59
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $10,408.59 – $10,408.59
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $7,896.23 $2,237.26 – $17,722.46
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $7,205.38 $71.00 – $17,722.46
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $6,727.70 $71.00 – $17,722.46
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $7,896.23 $2,105.66 – $17,722.46

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