Administration vaccine pneumococcal 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

$51.80

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.

$148.00

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.

$33.27 with Renaissance vs $150.18 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
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $33.27 ↓ -36%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $39.96 ↓ -23%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Transplant $44.80 ↓ -14%
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $46.21 ↓ -11%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $46.21 ↓ -11%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $46.21 ↓ -11%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $46.21 ↓ -11%
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $46.21 ↓ -11%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $46.21 ↓ -11%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $46.67 ↓ -10%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $47.13 ↓ -9%
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $47.13 ↓ -9%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $47.60 ↓ -8%
United Commercial|Exchange $48.00 ↓ -7%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $48.52 ↓ -6%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $49.44 ↓ -5%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $49.44 ↓ -5%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $53.55 ↑ +3%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $55.45 ↑ +7%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $56.56 ↑ +9%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $57.52 ↑ +11%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $60.68 ↑ +17%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $62.38 ↑ +20%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $64.69 ↑ +25%
United Commercial|Charter $66.00 ↑ +27%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $66.60 ↑ +29%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $66.92 ↑ +29%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $69.31 ↑ +34%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $69.31 ↑ +34%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $69.31 ↑ +34%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $69.31 ↑ +34%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $69.31 ↑ +34%
United Commercial|Optum $69.56 ↑ +34%
United Commercial|PPO $70.00 ↑ +35%
United Commercial|HMO $70.00 ↑ +35%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $71.16 ↑ +37%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $74.00 ↑ +43%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $81.40 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $81.40 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $81.40 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $88.80 ↑ +71%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $96.20 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $96.20 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $96.20 ↑ +86%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $96.82 ↑ +87%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $100.00 ↑ +93%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $100.00 ↑ +93%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $100.00 ↑ +93%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $103.05 ↑ +99%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $103.60 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $103.60 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $103.60 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $111.00 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $122.28 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $125.80 ↑ +143%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $148.00 ↑ +186%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $148.00 ↑ +186%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $150.18 ↑ +190%

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Administration vaccine pneumococcal at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $107.00 $112.16 – $193.92
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $51.80 $37.00 – $148.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $112.16 – $193.92
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $112.16 – $193.92
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $45.15 $37.00 – $96.75
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $31.50 $82.62 – $145.80
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland $85.13 $112.16 – $193.92
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $51.80 $37.00 – $148.00

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