Anal/urinary muscle study 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

$313.60

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.

$896.00

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.

$23.29 with Wellpoint vs $2,700.00 with Humana — 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
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $23.29 ↓ -93%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $23.29 ↓ -93%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $23.29 ↓ -93%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $23.29 ↓ -93%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $23.29 ↓ -93%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $23.76 ↓ -92%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $23.76 ↓ -92%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $23.76 ↓ -92%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $24.45 ↓ -92%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $26.78 ↓ -91%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $26.89 ↓ -91%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $31.21 ↓ -90%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $31.21 ↓ -90%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $31.57 ↓ -90%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $31.91 ↓ -90%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $35.87 ↓ -89%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $48.81 ↓ -84%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $62.84 ↓ -80%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $66.94 ↓ -79%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $72.66 ↓ -77%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $72.66 ↓ -77%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Transplant $73.71 ↓ -76%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $112.83 ↓ -64%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $140.00 ↓ -55%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $154.00 ↓ -51%
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $156.71 ↓ -50%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $156.71 ↓ -50%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $156.71 ↓ -50%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $156.71 ↓ -50%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $156.71 ↓ -50%
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $156.71 ↓ -50%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $158.28 ↓ -50%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $159.84 ↓ -49%
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $159.84 ↓ -49%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $161.41 ↓ -49%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $164.55 ↓ -48%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $167.68 ↓ -47%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $167.68 ↓ -47%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $188.05 ↓ -40%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $211.56 ↓ -33%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $219.39 ↓ -30%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $233.47 ↓ -26%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $235.06 ↓ -25%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $235.06 ↓ -25%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $235.06 ↓ -25%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $235.06 ↓ -25%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $235.06 ↓ -25%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $241.33 ↓ -23%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $241.92 ↓ -23%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $324.18 ↑ +3%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $367.36 ↑ +17%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $387.00 ↑ +23%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $403.20 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Optum $421.12 ↑ +34%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $448.00 ↑ +43%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $492.80 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $492.80 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $492.80 ↑ +57%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $509.31 ↑ +62%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $537.60 ↑ +71%
Independent Med System Commercial|All Plans $537.60 ↑ +71%
PHCS Savility Commercial|PPO $582.40 ↑ +86%
PHCS Commercial|PPO $582.40 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $582.40 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $582.40 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $582.40 ↑ +86%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $627.20 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $627.20 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $627.20 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $672.00 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $740.28 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $761.60 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $896.00 ↑ +186%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,452.00 ↑ +363%
United Commercial|Charter $1,955.00 ↑ +523%
United Commercial|PPO $2,172.00 ↑ +593%
United Commercial|HMO $2,172.00 ↑ +593%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $2,404.80 ↑ +667%
Humana Commercial|PPO $2,700.00 ↑ +761%
Humana Commercial|HMO $2,700.00 ↑ +761%

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Anal/urinary muscle study at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $313.60 $241.92 – $896.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $23.76 – $211.04
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $21.70 – $211.04
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $22.14 – $211.04
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $407.00 $22.14 – $508.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $411.48 $23.69 – $617.22
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $484.04 $22.14 – $605.05
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $407.00 $22.14 – $508.75

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