Analysis gene f2 20210g>a variant 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

$811.65

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.

$2,319.00

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.

$47.30 with Renaissance vs $2,319.00 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 $47.30 ↓ -94%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $55.18 ↓ -93%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $55.18 ↓ -93%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $55.18 ↓ -93%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $55.18 ↓ -93%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $55.18 ↓ -93%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $56.28 ↓ -93%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $56.28 ↓ -93%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $56.28 ↓ -93%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $57.94 ↓ -93%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $63.46 ↓ -92%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $65.69 ↓ -92%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $65.69 ↓ -92%
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $65.69 ↓ -92%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $65.69 ↓ -92%
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $65.69 ↓ -92%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $65.69 ↓ -92%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $66.35 ↓ -92%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $67.00 ↓ -92%
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $67.00 ↓ -92%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $67.66 ↓ -92%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $68.97 ↓ -92%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $70.29 ↓ -91%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $70.29 ↓ -91%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $73.94 ↓ -91%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $73.94 ↓ -91%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $75.60 ↓ -91%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $78.83 ↓ -90%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $78.83 ↓ -90%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $84.98 ↓ -90%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $88.68 ↓ -89%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $91.31 ↓ -89%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $91.97 ↓ -89%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $98.53 ↓ -88%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $98.53 ↓ -88%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $98.53 ↓ -88%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $98.53 ↓ -88%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $98.53 ↓ -88%
United Commercial|HMO $98.54 ↓ -88%
United Commercial|PPO $98.54 ↓ -88%
United Commercial|Exchange $98.54 ↓ -88%
United Commercial|Charter $98.54 ↓ -88%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $101.16 ↓ -88%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $108.39 ↓ -87%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $156.97 ↓ -81%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $172.16 ↓ -79%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $172.16 ↓ -79%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $173.21 ↓ -79%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $189.84 ↓ -77%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $213.49 ↓ -74%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $236.81 ↓ -71%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $252.25 ↓ -69%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $262.10 ↓ -68%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $626.13 ↓ -23%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $839.02 ↑ +3%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $950.79 ↑ +17%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $1,043.55 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Optum $1,089.93 ↑ +34%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $1,159.50 ↑ +43%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $1,275.45 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $1,275.45 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $1,275.45 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $1,391.40 ↑ +71%
Aetna Commercial|KelseyCare $1,414.59 ↑ +74%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $1,507.35 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,507.35 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $1,507.35 ↑ +86%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $1,623.30 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $1,623.30 ↑ +100%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,623.30 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $1,623.30 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,739.25 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,915.96 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $1,971.15 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $2,319.00 ↑ +186%

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Analysis gene f2 20210g>a variant at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $1,959.00 $54.08 – $270.41
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $811.65 $47.30 – $2,319.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $55.18 – $270.41
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $55.18 – $270.41
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $439.79 $10.00 – $157.66
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $439.79 $12.00 – $157.66
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $439.79 $12.00 – $157.66
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $439.79 $10.00 – $157.66

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