Aep hearing status deter i&r 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

$123.20

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.

$352.00

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.

$95.04 with OPTUM vs $1,043.00 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
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $95.04 ↓ -23%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $100.00 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $100.00 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $100.00 ↓ -19%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $114.17 ↓ -7%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $127.36 ↑ +3%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $132.24 ↑ +7%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $144.32 ↑ +17%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $158.40 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Optum $165.44 ↑ +34%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $176.00 ↑ +43%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $193.60 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $193.60 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $193.60 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $211.20 ↑ +71%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $224.57 ↑ +82%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $228.80 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $228.80 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $228.80 ↑ +86%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $233.47 ↑ +90%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $246.40 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $246.40 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $246.40 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $264.00 ↑ +114%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $274.95 ↑ +123%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $290.83 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $299.20 ↑ +143%
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $311.90 ↑ +153%
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $311.90 ↑ +153%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $311.90 ↑ +153%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $311.90 ↑ +153%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $311.90 ↑ +153%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $311.90 ↑ +153%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $315.02 ↑ +156%
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $318.14 ↑ +158%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $318.14 ↑ +158%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $321.26 ↑ +161%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $327.49 ↑ +166%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $333.73 ↑ +171%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $333.73 ↑ +171%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $352.00 ↑ +186%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $352.00 ↑ +186%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $352.00 ↑ +186%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $374.28 ↑ +204%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $421.06 ↑ +242%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $436.66 ↑ +254%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $467.85 ↑ +280%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $467.85 ↑ +280%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $467.85 ↑ +280%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $467.85 ↑ +280%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $467.85 ↑ +280%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $480.33 ↑ +290%
United Commercial|Exchange $696.00 ↑ +465%
United Commercial|Charter $938.00 ↑ +661%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $1,013.67 ↑ +723%
United Commercial|PPO $1,043.00 ↑ +747%
United Commercial|HMO $1,043.00 ↑ +747%

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Aep hearing status deter i&r at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $123.20 $95.04 – $352.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $192.18 – $192.18
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $192.18 – $192.18
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $192.18 – $192.18
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $293.72 $83.22 – $777.56
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $435.27 $89.59 – $777.56
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $308.40 $61.68 – $777.56
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $293.72 $78.32 – $777.56

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