Alkaline phosphatase 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

$45.15

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.

$129.00

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.

$3.73 with Renaissance vs $129.00 with MHealth Network — 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 $3.73 ↓ -92%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $4.35 ↓ -90%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $4.35 ↓ -90%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $4.35 ↓ -90%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $4.35 ↓ -90%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $4.35 ↓ -90%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $4.44 ↓ -90%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $4.44 ↓ -90%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $4.44 ↓ -90%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $4.57 ↓ -90%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $5.00 ↓ -89%
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $5.18 ↓ -89%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $5.18 ↓ -89%
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $5.18 ↓ -89%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $5.18 ↓ -89%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $5.18 ↓ -89%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $5.18 ↓ -89%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $5.23 ↓ -88%
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $5.28 ↓ -88%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $5.28 ↓ -88%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $5.34 ↓ -88%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $5.44 ↓ -88%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $5.54 ↓ -88%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $5.54 ↓ -88%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $5.83 ↓ -87%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $5.83 ↓ -87%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $5.96 ↓ -87%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $6.22 ↓ -86%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $6.22 ↓ -86%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $6.70 ↓ -85%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $6.99 ↓ -85%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $7.20 ↓ -84%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $7.25 ↓ -84%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $7.77 ↓ -83%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $7.77 ↓ -83%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $7.77 ↓ -83%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $7.77 ↓ -83%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $7.77 ↓ -83%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $7.98 ↓ -82%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $8.55 ↓ -81%
United Commercial|Exchange $9.59 ↓ -79%
United Commercial|PPO $9.59 ↓ -79%
United Commercial|HMO $9.59 ↓ -79%
United Commercial|Charter $9.59 ↓ -79%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $12.39 ↓ -73%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $13.57 ↓ -70%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $13.57 ↓ -70%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $13.67 ↓ -70%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $14.97 ↓ -67%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $16.84 ↓ -63%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $18.70 ↓ -59%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Transplant $19.28 ↓ -57%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $19.89 ↓ -56%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $20.67 ↓ -54%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $34.83 ↓ -23%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $46.68 ↑ +3%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $52.89 ↑ +17%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $58.05 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Optum $60.63 ↑ +34%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $64.50 ↑ +43%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $70.95 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $70.95 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $70.95 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $77.40 ↑ +71%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $83.85 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $83.85 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $83.85 ↑ +86%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $90.30 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $90.30 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $90.30 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $96.75 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $106.58 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $109.65 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $129.00 ↑ +186%

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Alkaline phosphatase at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $45.15 $3.73 – $129.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $4.35 – $20.91
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $4.35 – $20.91
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $160.38 $4.66 – $19.94
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $60.94 $4.35 – $14.93
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $51.25 $2.46 – $17.91
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $57.10 $4.35 – $14.93
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