Appl cast shoulder spica 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

$102.55

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.

$293.00

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.

$79.11 with OPTUM vs $4,300.00 with Humana — same scan, same building. Share

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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 $79.11 ↓ -23%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $105.05 ↑ +2%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $105.05 ↑ +2%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $105.05 ↑ +2%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $105.05 ↑ +2%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $105.05 ↑ +2%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $106.01 ↑ +3%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $106.83 ↑ +4%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $107.15 ↑ +4%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $107.15 ↑ +4%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $107.15 ↑ +4%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $110.30 ↑ +8%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $120.13 ↑ +17%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $120.81 ↑ +18%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $125.41 ↑ +22%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $131.85 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Optum $137.71 ↑ +34%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $140.00 ↑ +37%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $140.77 ↑ +37%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $140.77 ↑ +37%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $143.92 ↑ +40%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $146.50 ↑ +43%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $154.00 ↑ +50%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $161.15 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $161.15 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $161.15 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $161.78 ↑ +58%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Transplant $171.68 ↑ +67%
Independent Med System Commercial|All Plans $175.80 ↑ +71%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $175.80 ↑ +71%
PHCS Commercial|PPO $190.45 ↑ +86%
PHCS Savility Commercial|PPO $190.45 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $190.45 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $190.45 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $190.45 ↑ +86%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $191.53 ↑ +87%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $193.92 ↑ +89%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $205.10 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $205.10 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $205.10 ↑ +100%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $205.10 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $219.75 ↑ +114%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $222.68 ↑ +117%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $242.08 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $249.05 ↑ +143%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $249.66 ↑ +143%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $265.91 ↑ +159%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $266.01 ↑ +159%
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $266.01 ↑ +159%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $266.01 ↑ +159%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $266.01 ↑ +159%
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $266.01 ↑ +159%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $266.01 ↑ +159%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $268.67 ↑ +162%
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $271.33 ↑ +165%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $271.33 ↑ +165%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $273.99 ↑ +167%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $279.31 ↑ +172%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $284.63 ↑ +178%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $284.63 ↑ +178%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $293.00 ↑ +186%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $319.21 ↑ +211%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $327.76 ↑ +220%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $327.76 ↑ +220%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $359.11 ↑ +250%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $372.41 ↑ +263%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $387.00 ↑ +277%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $399.01 ↑ +289%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $399.01 ↑ +289%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $399.01 ↑ +289%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $399.01 ↑ +289%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $399.01 ↑ +289%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $403.43 ↑ +293%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $409.66 ↑ +299%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $864.53 ↑ +743%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,452.00 ↑ +1316%
United Commercial|Charter $1,955.00 ↑ +1806%
United Commercial|HMO $2,172.00 ↑ +2018%
United Commercial|PPO $2,172.00 ↑ +2018%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $2,404.80 ↑ +2245%
Humana Commercial|HMO $4,300.00 ↑ +4093%
Humana Commercial|PPO $4,300.00 ↑ +4093%

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Appl cast shoulder spica at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $102.55 $79.11 – $293.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $107.15 – $838.39
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $97.86 – $838.39
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $99.86 – $838.39
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $278.22 $99.86 – $665.29
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $744.63 $71.00 – $1,116.94
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $744.63 $71.00 – $930.79
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $278.22 $99.86 – $665.29

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