Abltj mal prst8 tiss hifu 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

$3,654.35

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.

$10,441.00

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.

$1,195.00 with Aetna vs $30,101.92 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
Aetna Commercial|KelseyCare $1,195.00 ↓ -67%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,438.00 ↓ -61%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $2,819.07 ↓ -23%
United Commercial|Exchange $3,636.00 ↓ -1%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $3,707.68 ↑ +1%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $3,777.56 ↑ +3%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $4,060.79 ↑ +11%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $4,280.81 ↑ +17%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $4,698.45 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Charter $4,896.00 ↑ +34%
United Commercial|Optum $4,907.27 ↑ +34%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $5,220.50 ↑ +43%
United Commercial|PPO $5,439.00 ↑ +49%
United Commercial|HMO $5,439.00 ↑ +49%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $5,742.55 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $5,742.55 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $5,742.55 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $6,264.60 ↑ +71%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $6,668.73 ↑ +82%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $6,786.65 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $6,786.65 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $6,786.65 ↑ +86%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $7,308.70 ↑ +100%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $7,308.70 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $7,308.70 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $7,308.70 ↑ +100%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $7,371.21 ↑ +102%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $7,378.07 ↑ +102%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $7,455.00 ↑ +104%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $7,830.75 ↑ +114%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $8,215.00 ↑ +125%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $8,626.36 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $8,874.85 ↑ +143%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $9,004.36 ↑ +146%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $9,262.13 ↑ +153%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $9,262.13 ↑ +153%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $9,262.13 ↑ +153%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $9,262.13 ↑ +153%
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $9,262.13 ↑ +153%
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $9,262.13 ↑ +153%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $9,354.75 ↑ +156%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $9,447.37 ↑ +159%
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $9,447.37 ↑ +159%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $9,539.99 ↑ +161%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $9,710.58 ↑ +166%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $9,725.24 ↑ +166%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $9,910.48 ↑ +171%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $9,910.48 ↑ +171%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $10,441.00 ↑ +186%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $11,114.56 ↑ +204%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $12,503.88 ↑ +242%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $12,966.98 ↑ +255%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $13,893.19 ↑ +280%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $13,893.19 ↑ +280%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $13,893.19 ↑ +280%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $13,893.19 ↑ +280%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $13,893.19 ↑ +280%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $14,263.68 ↑ +290%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $20,636.00 ↑ +465%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $30,101.92 ↑ +724%

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Abltj mal prst8 tiss hifu at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $3,654.35 $2,819.07 – $10,441.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $9,048.49 – $9,048.49
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $7,680.19 – $9,557.15
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $7,680.19 – $7,680.19
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $5,077.94 $1,438.75 – $22,821.27
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $5,077.94 $1,045.21 – $22,821.27
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $5,077.94 $1,015.59 – $22,821.27
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $5,077.94 $1,354.12 – $22,821.27

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