Abscess drain retroperitoneal surg code 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

$4,118.10

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$11,766.00

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.

$511.75 with Wellpoint vs $20,636.00 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

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
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $511.75 ↓ -88%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $511.75 ↓ -88%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $511.75 ↓ -88%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $511.75 ↓ -88%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $511.75 ↓ -88%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $521.99 ↓ -87%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $521.99 ↓ -87%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $521.99 ↓ -87%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $537.34 ↓ -87%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $588.51 ↓ -86%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $685.75 ↓ -83%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $685.75 ↓ -83%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $701.10 ↓ -83%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $788.10 ↓ -81%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $1,152.98 ↓ -72%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $1,168.46 ↓ -72%
Aetna Commercial|KelseyCare $1,195.00 ↓ -71%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $1,262.79 ↓ -69%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,438.00 ↓ -65%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,596.66 ↓ -61%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,596.66 ↓ -61%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $1,622.86 ↓ -61%
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $1,622.86 ↓ -61%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $1,622.86 ↓ -61%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $1,622.86 ↓ -61%
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $1,622.86 ↓ -61%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $1,622.86 ↓ -61%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $1,639.09 ↓ -60%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $1,655.32 ↓ -60%
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $1,655.32 ↓ -60%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $1,671.55 ↓ -59%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $1,704.00 ↓ -59%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $1,736.46 ↓ -58%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $1,736.46 ↓ -58%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $1,947.43 ↓ -53%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,984.00 ↓ -52%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $2,190.86 ↓ -47%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $2,272.00 ↓ -45%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $2,292.24 ↓ -44%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $2,352.97 ↓ -43%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $2,404.80 ↓ -42%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $2,434.29 ↓ -41%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $2,434.29 ↓ -41%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $2,434.29 ↓ -41%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $2,434.29 ↓ -41%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $2,434.29 ↓ -41%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $2,499.20 ↓ -39%
United Commercial|Charter $2,669.00 ↓ -35%
Humana Commercial|PPO $2,700.00 ↓ -34%
Humana Commercial|HMO $2,700.00 ↓ -34%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $2,800.10 ↓ -32%
United Commercial|HMO $2,968.00 ↓ -28%
United Commercial|PPO $2,968.00 ↓ -28%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $3,019.72 ↓ -27%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $3,176.82 ↓ -23%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $4,256.94 ↑ +3%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $4,824.06 ↑ +17%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $5,274.30 ↑ +28%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $5,294.70 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Optum $5,530.02 ↑ +34%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $5,883.00 ↑ +43%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $6,471.30 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $6,471.30 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $6,471.30 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $7,059.60 ↑ +71%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $7,455.00 ↑ +81%
PHCS Commercial|PPO $7,647.90 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $7,647.90 ↑ +86%
PHCS Savility Commercial|PPO $7,647.90 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $7,647.90 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $7,647.90 ↑ +86%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $8,215.00 ↑ +99%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $8,236.20 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $8,236.20 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $8,236.20 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $8,236.20 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $8,824.50 ↑ +114%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $8,942.16 ↑ +117%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $9,721.07 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $10,001.10 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $11,766.00 ↑ +186%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $20,636.00 ↑ +401%

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Abscess drain retroperitoneal surg code at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $7,955.14 $521.99 – $2,813.83
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $7,547.00 $476.72 – $2,388.32
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $4,118.10 $3,176.82 – $11,766.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $486.45 – $2,388.32
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $3,053.18 $486.45 – $4,016.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $3,053.18 $71.00 – $4,579.78
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $3,053.18 $71.00 – $4,016.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $3,053.18 $486.45 – $4,016.35

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