Ablation cryo abd perit om 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

$630.70

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.

$1,802.00

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.

$25.50 with UNITED vs $9,158.00 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
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $25.50 ↓ -96%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $34.25 ↓ -95%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $78.00 ↓ -88%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $78.00 ↓ -88%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $486.54 ↓ -23%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $651.97 ↑ +3%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $660.17 ↑ +5%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $676.14 ↑ +7%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $723.05 ↑ +15%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $738.82 ↑ +17%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $810.90 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Optum $846.94 ↑ +34%
Aetna Commercial|KelseyCare $896.00 ↑ +42%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $901.00 ↑ +43%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $939.08 ↑ +49%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $939.08 ↑ +49%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $939.08 ↑ +49%
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $939.08 ↑ +49%
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $939.08 ↑ +49%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $939.08 ↑ +49%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $948.47 ↑ +50%
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $957.86 ↑ +52%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $957.86 ↑ +52%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $967.25 ↑ +53%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $986.03 ↑ +56%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $991.10 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $991.10 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $991.10 ↑ +57%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $1,004.82 ↑ +59%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $1,004.82 ↑ +59%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,079.00 ↑ +71%
Independent Med System Commercial|All Plans $1,081.20 ↑ +71%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $1,081.20 ↑ +71%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $1,126.90 ↑ +79%
PHCS Commercial|PPO $1,171.30 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $1,171.30 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,171.30 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $1,171.30 ↑ +86%
PHCS Savility Commercial|PPO $1,171.30 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,261.40 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $1,261.40 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $1,261.40 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $1,261.40 ↑ +100%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $1,267.76 ↑ +101%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $1,312.49 ↑ +108%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $1,314.71 ↑ +108%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,351.50 ↑ +114%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $1,353.15 ↑ +115%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $1,369.52 ↑ +117%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $1,408.62 ↑ +123%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $1,408.62 ↑ +123%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $1,408.62 ↑ +123%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $1,408.62 ↑ +123%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $1,408.62 ↑ +123%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $1,446.18 ↑ +129%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,488.82 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $1,531.70 ↑ +143%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $1,603.28 ↑ +154%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $1,729.02 ↑ +174%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $1,802.00 ↑ +186%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,984.00 ↑ +215%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $2,404.80 ↑ +281%
United Commercial|Charter $2,669.00 ↑ +323%
Humana Commercial|PPO $2,700.00 ↑ +328%
Humana Commercial|HMO $2,700.00 ↑ +328%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Transplant $2,706.43 ↑ +329%
United Commercial|HMO $2,968.00 ↑ +371%
United Commercial|PPO $2,968.00 ↑ +371%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $3,052.01 ↑ +384%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $3,309.00 ↑ +425%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $3,646.00 ↑ +478%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $9,158.00 ↑ +1352%

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Ablation cryo abd perit om at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $630.70 $486.54 – $1,802.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $1,611.14 – $1,611.14
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $915.67 – $1,367.50
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $1,367.50 – $1,367.50
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,566.58 $269.03 – $2,245.59
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $3,188.52 $71.00 – $2,245.59
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $3,985.64 $71.00 – $2,245.59
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $2,566.58 $269.03 – $2,245.59

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