Aco ccm; at least 20 min 99490aco 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

$73.50

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.

$210.00

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.

$38.28 with BCBS - TX vs $301.11 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
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $38.28 ↓ -48%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $38.93 ↓ -47%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $56.70 ↓ -23%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $65.53 ↓ -11%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $66.71 ↓ -9%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $69.75 ↓ -5%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $75.98 ↑ +3%
United Commercial|Exchange $82.00 ↑ +12%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $86.10 ↑ +17%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $92.65 ↑ +26%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $92.65 ↑ +26%
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $92.65 ↑ +26%
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $92.65 ↑ +26%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $92.65 ↑ +26%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $92.65 ↑ +26%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $93.58 ↑ +27%
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $94.50 ↑ +29%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $94.50 ↑ +29%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $94.50 ↑ +29%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $95.43 ↑ +30%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $97.28 ↑ +32%
United Commercial|Optum $98.70 ↑ +34%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $99.14 ↑ +35%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $99.14 ↑ +35%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $100.56 ↑ +37%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $105.00 ↑ +43%
United Commercial|Charter $110.00 ↑ +50%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $111.18 ↑ +51%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $115.50 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $115.50 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $115.50 ↑ +57%
United Commercial|HMO $123.00 ↑ +67%
United Commercial|PPO $123.00 ↑ +67%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $125.08 ↑ +70%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $125.14 ↑ +70%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $126.00 ↑ +71%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $129.71 ↑ +76%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $136.50 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $136.50 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $136.50 ↑ +86%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $138.97 ↑ +89%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $138.97 ↑ +89%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $138.97 ↑ +89%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $138.97 ↑ +89%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $138.97 ↑ +89%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $142.68 ↑ +94%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $147.00 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $147.00 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $147.00 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $157.50 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $173.51 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $178.50 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $210.00 ↑ +186%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $301.11 ↑ +310%

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Aco ccm; at least 20 min 99490aco at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $73.50 $47.36 – $210.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $75.91 – $92.04
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $75.91 – $92.04
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $75.91 – $92.04
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $71.94 $20.38 – $220.82
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $69.30 $14.26 – $220.82
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $69.30 $13.86 – $220.82
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $71.94 $19.18 – $220.82

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