Ablate heart dysrhythm focus 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

$9,332.05

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.

$26,663.00

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.

$2,670.00 with Aetna vs $28,954.00 with Cigna — 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
Aetna Commercial|KelseyCare $2,670.00 ↓ -71%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $3,212.00 ↓ -66%
Humana Commercial|HMO $4,300.00 ↓ -54%
Humana Commercial|PPO $4,300.00 ↓ -54%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $4,944.00 ↓ -47%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $5,414.85 ↓ -42%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $5,472.28 ↓ -41%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Transplant $5,867.98 ↓ -37%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $6,466.00 ↓ -31%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $7,199.01 ↓ -23%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $7,600.39 ↓ -19%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $7,600.39 ↓ -19%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $7,600.39 ↓ -19%
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $7,600.39 ↓ -19%
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $7,600.39 ↓ -19%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $7,600.39 ↓ -19%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $7,676.39 ↓ -18%
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $7,752.40 ↓ -17%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $7,752.40 ↓ -17%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $7,828.40 ↓ -16%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $7,980.41 ↓ -14%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $8,132.42 ↓ -13%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $8,132.42 ↓ -13%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $8,200.00 ↓ -12%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $9,120.47 ↓ -2%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $9,646.68 ↑ +3%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $9,829.14 ↑ +5%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $10,164.89 ↑ +9%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $10,260.53 ↑ +10%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $10,461.00 ↑ +12%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $10,640.55 ↑ +14%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $10,931.83 ↑ +17%
United Commercial|Exchange $11,250.00 ↑ +21%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $11,400.58 ↑ +22%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $11,400.58 ↑ +22%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $11,400.58 ↑ +22%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $11,400.58 ↑ +22%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $11,400.58 ↑ +22%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $11,527.00 ↑ +24%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $11,704.60 ↑ +25%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $11,889.13 ↑ +27%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $11,998.35 ↑ +29%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $12,006.85 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Optum $12,531.61 ↑ +34%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $14,664.65 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $14,664.65 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $14,664.65 ↑ +57%
United Commercial|Charter $15,148.00 ↑ +62%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $15,997.80 ↑ +71%
United Commercial|HMO $16,832.00 ↑ +80%
United Commercial|PPO $16,832.00 ↑ +80%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $17,330.95 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $17,330.95 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $17,330.95 ↑ +86%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $18,664.10 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $18,664.10 ↑ +100%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $18,664.10 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $18,664.10 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $19,997.25 ↑ +114%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $20,263.88 ↑ +117%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $22,028.98 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $22,663.55 ↑ +143%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $24,701.27 ↑ +165%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $26,663.00 ↑ +186%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $28,954.00 ↑ +210%

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Ablate heart dysrhythm focus at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $27,383.13 $12,065.71 – $12,065.71
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $24,910.00 $10,241.14 – $10,241.14
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $9,332.05 $7,199.01 – $26,663.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $88,327.79 $10,241.14 – $10,241.14
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $13,144.70 $3,724.33 – $18,500.61
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $13,145.08 $2,705.70 – $19,717.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $11,694.25 $2,338.85 – $18,500.61
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $13,144.70 $3,505.25 – $18,500.61

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