Ablation cardiac vagal inputs atrium 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

$5,111.75

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.

$14,605.00

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.

$100.00 with Cigna vs $9,343.00 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
Cigna Commercial|HMO $100.00 ↓ -98%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $100.00 ↓ -98%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $100.00 ↓ -98%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $112.83 ↓ -98%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $156.71 ↓ -97%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $156.71 ↓ -97%
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $156.71 ↓ -97%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $156.71 ↓ -97%
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $156.71 ↓ -97%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $156.71 ↓ -97%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $158.28 ↓ -97%
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $159.84 ↓ -97%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $159.84 ↓ -97%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $161.41 ↓ -97%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $163.25 ↓ -97%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $164.55 ↓ -97%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $166.02 ↓ -97%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Transplant $167.54 ↓ -97%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $167.68 ↓ -97%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $167.68 ↓ -97%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $188.05 ↓ -96%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $211.56 ↓ -96%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $219.39 ↓ -96%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $233.47 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $235.06 ↓ -95%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $235.06 ↓ -95%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $235.06 ↓ -95%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $235.06 ↓ -95%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $235.06 ↓ -95%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $241.33 ↓ -95%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $279.47 ↓ -95%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $297.45 ↓ -94%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $428.89 ↓ -92%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $509.31 ↓ -90%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $1,027.73 ↓ -80%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,027.73 ↓ -80%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,048.29 ↓ -79%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $1,377.16 ↓ -73%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $1,408.00 ↓ -72%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,452.00 ↓ -72%
United Commercial|Charter $1,955.00 ↓ -62%
United Commercial|HMO $2,172.00 ↓ -58%
United Commercial|PPO $2,172.00 ↓ -58%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $2,522.61 ↓ -51%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $3,206.52 ↓ -37%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $3,206.52 ↓ -37%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $3,380.30 ↓ -34%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $3,830.63 ↓ -25%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $4,204.35 ↓ -18%
United Commercial|Optum $4,391.21 ↓ -14%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $4,671.50 ↓ -9%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $5,138.65 ↑ +1%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $5,138.65 ↑ +1%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $5,138.65 ↑ +1%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $5,605.80 ↑ +10%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $6,072.95 ↑ +19%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $6,072.95 ↑ +19%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $6,072.95 ↑ +19%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $6,540.10 ↑ +28%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $6,540.10 ↑ +28%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $6,540.10 ↑ +28%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $7,007.25 ↑ +37%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $7,719.19 ↑ +51%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $7,941.55 ↑ +55%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $9,343.00 ↑ +83%

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Ablation cardiac vagal inputs atrium at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $5,111.75 $100.00 – $9,343.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $550.38 $323.74 – $323.74
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $323.74 – $323.74
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $323.74 – $323.74
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $34,741.90 $0.00 – $386.96
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $34,741.90 $50.66 – $386.96
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $34,741.90 $45.84 – $386.96
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $34,741.90 $0.00 – $386.96

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