Appl modality 1/> areas paraffin bath 97018 at Baylor St Luke's Medical Center
1101 Bates Avenue, Houston, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1184622847
$37.10
Cash price 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.
$106.00
Gross charge 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.
$8.51 with BCBS - TX vs $383.00 with United — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| BCBS - TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange | $8.51 | ↓ -77% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange | $8.65 | ↓ -77% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|Transplant | $14.28 | ↓ -62% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|PPO Trad | $14.56 | ↓ -61% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|Premier | $15.50 | ↓ -58% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|HMO | $22.35 | ↓ -40% |
| OPTUM | Medicare|All Plans | $28.62 | ↓ -23% |
| OPTUM | Medicaid|STAR | $38.36 | ↑ +3% |
| TCHPCHIP | Medicaid|HMO | $43.46 | ↑ +17% |
| TCH | Commercial|Transplant | $47.70 | ↑ +29% |
| United | Commercial|Optum | $49.82 | ↑ +34% |
| Shell | Commercial|All Plans | $53.00 | ↑ +43% |
| TEXASTRUECHOICE | Medicaid|CHIP | $58.30 | ↑ +57% |
| CHC | Medicaid|HMO | $58.30 | ↑ +57% |
| CHC | Medicaid|CHIP | $58.30 | ↑ +57% |
| Cigna Lifesource | Commercial|Transplant | $63.60 | ↑ +71% |
| Humana | Commercial|Transplant | $68.90 | ↑ +86% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $68.90 | ↑ +86% |
| Coventry | Commercial|PPO | $68.90 | ↑ +86% |
| Interlink | Commercial|Transplant | $74.20 | ↑ +100% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Transplant | $74.20 | ↑ +100% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $74.20 | ↑ +100% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|PPO | $74.20 | ↑ +100% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $79.50 | ↑ +114% |
| OPTUM | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $87.58 | ↑ +136% |
| USA Health Network | Commercial|All Plans | $90.10 | ↑ +143% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Surefit | $100.00 | ↑ +170% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $100.00 | ↑ +170% |
| Cigna | Commercial|HMO | $100.00 | ↑ +170% |
| MHealth Network | Commercial|PPO | $106.00 | ↑ +186% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $256.00 | ↑ +590% |
| United | Commercial|Charter | $345.00 | ↑ +830% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $383.00 | ↑ +932% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $383.00 | ↑ +932% |
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Appl modality 1/> areas paraffin bath 97018 at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | $167.82 | $6.01 – $17.04 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $37.10 | $10.53 – $106.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $6.01 – $13.18 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $84.96 | $18.45 – $134.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $108.19 | $18.45 – $162.29 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $96.98 | $18.45 – $149.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $84.96 | $16.87 – $134.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $108.19 | $18.45 – $162.29 |