Anoscopy 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

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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.

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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.

$345.58 with Wellpoint vs $5,160.00 with Cigna — 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|All Other Plans $345.58
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $345.58
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $345.58
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $345.58
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $345.58
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $352.49
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $352.49
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $352.49
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $362.86
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $397.42
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $463.08
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $463.08
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $473.44
CHC Medicaid|STAR $532.19
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $641.66
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $657.50
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $702.77
Aetna Commercial|KelseyCare $896.00
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $913.19
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $913.19
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $913.19
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $913.19
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $913.19
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $913.19
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $922.32
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $931.45
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $931.45
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $940.59
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $942.30
Healthsmart Commercial|AP3 $958.00
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $958.85
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $977.11
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $977.11
BCBS - TX Commercial|Transplant $1,055.74
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,078.21
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,078.21
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,079.00
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $1,095.83
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $1,232.81
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $1,275.68
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $1,278.47
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $1,327.10
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $1,369.79
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $1,369.79
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $1,369.79
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $1,369.79
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $1,369.79
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $1,406.31
Humana Commercial|HMO $1,494.00
Humana Commercial|PPO $1,494.00
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $1,558.32
Independent Med System Commercial|All Plans $1,675.00
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $1,680.54
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $1,864.00
United Commercial|Exchange $1,984.00
Cigna Commercial|HMO $2,054.00
United Commercial|Charter $2,669.00
NX Health Commercial|PPO $2,967.87
United Commercial|HMO $2,968.00
United Commercial|PPO $2,968.00
PHCS Commercial|PPO $4,487.00
PHCS Savility Commercial|PPO $4,487.00
Cigna Commercial|PPO $5,160.00
TCH Commercial|Transplant not published by hospital
Cigna Commercial|Transplant not published by hospital
United Commercial|Optum not published by hospital
CHC Medicaid|CHIP not published by hospital
CHC Medicaid|HMO not published by hospital
First Health Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Interlink Commercial|Transplant not published by hospital
Coventry Commercial|PPO not published by hospital
Aetna Commercial|Transplant not published by hospital
Aetna Commercial|PPO not published by hospital
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO not published by hospital
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS not published by hospital
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR not published by hospital
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans not published by hospital
Humana Commercial|Transplant not published by hospital
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO not published by hospital
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO not published by hospital
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP not published by hospital
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant not published by hospital
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital

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Anoscopy at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $352.49 – $1,565.95
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $321.93 – $1,329.15
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston not published $958.00 – $958.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $328.50 – $1,329.15
Texas Health Hospital Mansfield Mansfield $4,890.82 $806.66 – $2,761.00
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas not published $954.85 – $2,234.24
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $321.93 – $1,222.21
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $321.93 – $1,329.15

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