Administration immunization each additional vaccine 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

$23.45

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.

$67.00

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.

$15.30 with BCBS - TX vs $70.00 with United — 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 $15.30 ↓ -35%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $15.56 ↓ -34%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $18.09 ↓ -23%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $24.25 ↑ +3%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $26.20 ↑ +12%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $27.47 ↑ +17%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $27.89 ↑ +19%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $30.15 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Optum $31.49 ↑ +34%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $33.50 ↑ +43%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $36.85 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $36.85 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $36.85 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $40.20 ↑ +71%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $40.21 ↑ +71%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $43.55 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $43.55 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $43.55 ↑ +86%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Transplant $44.80 ↑ +91%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $46.90 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $46.90 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $46.90 ↑ +100%
United Commercial|Exchange $48.00 ↑ +105%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $50.25 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $55.36 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $56.95 ↑ +143%
United Commercial|Charter $66.00 ↑ +181%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $67.00 ↑ +186%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $67.00 ↑ +186%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $67.00 ↑ +186%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $67.00 ↑ +186%
United Commercial|PPO $70.00 ↑ +199%
United Commercial|HMO $70.00 ↑ +199%

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Administration immunization each additional vaccine at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $23.45 $18.09 – $67.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $30.35 – $121.17
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $30.35 – $121.17
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $30.35 – $121.17
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $34.95 $49.93 – $49.93
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $53.42 $15.14 – $75.68
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $48.02 $9.88 – $72.04
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $43.55 $8.71 – $54.44

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