Application multi layer compression below knee (both sides) 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

$359.10

Cash price

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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.

$1,026.00

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.

$59.42 with TCHP vs $4,300.00 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
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $59.42 ↓ -83%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $59.42 ↓ -83%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $59.42 ↓ -83%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $59.42 ↓ -83%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $59.42 ↓ -83%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $60.61 ↓ -83%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $60.61 ↓ -83%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $60.61 ↓ -83%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $62.17 ↓ -83%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $62.39 ↓ -83%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $68.33 ↓ -81%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $72.99 ↓ -80%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Transplant $73.87 ↓ -79%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $79.62 ↓ -78%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $79.62 ↓ -78%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $81.41 ↓ -77%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $91.51 ↓ -75%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $112.86 ↓ -69%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $113.80 ↓ -68%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $140.00 ↓ -61%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $145.30 ↓ -60%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $154.00 ↓ -57%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $154.76 ↓ -57%
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $158.05 ↓ -56%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $158.05 ↓ -56%
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $158.05 ↓ -56%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $158.05 ↓ -56%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $158.05 ↓ -56%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $158.05 ↓ -56%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $159.63 ↓ -56%
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $161.21 ↓ -55%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $161.21 ↓ -55%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $162.79 ↓ -55%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $165.95 ↓ -54%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $169.11 ↓ -53%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $169.11 ↓ -53%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $185.39 ↓ -48%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $185.39 ↓ -48%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $189.66 ↓ -47%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $213.37 ↓ -41%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $221.27 ↓ -38%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $236.26 ↓ -34%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $237.07 ↓ -34%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $237.07 ↓ -34%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $237.07 ↓ -34%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $237.07 ↓ -34%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $237.07 ↓ -34%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $243.40 ↓ -32%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $277.02 ↓ -23%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $371.21 ↑ +3%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $387.00 ↑ +8%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $420.66 ↑ +17%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $461.70 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Optum $482.22 ↑ +34%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $513.00 ↑ +43%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $513.66 ↑ +43%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $564.30 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $564.30 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $564.30 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $615.60 ↑ +71%
Independent Med System Commercial|All Plans $615.60 ↑ +71%
PHCS Savility Commercial|PPO $666.90 ↑ +86%
PHCS Commercial|PPO $666.90 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $666.90 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $666.90 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $666.90 ↑ +86%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $718.20 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $718.20 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $718.20 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $769.50 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $847.69 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $872.10 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $1,026.00 ↑ +186%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,452.00 ↑ +304%
United Commercial|Charter $1,955.00 ↑ +444%
United Commercial|PPO $2,172.00 ↑ +505%
United Commercial|HMO $2,172.00 ↑ +505%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $2,404.80 ↑ +570%
Humana Commercial|PPO $4,300.00 ↑ +1097%
Humana Commercial|HMO $4,300.00 ↑ +1097%

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Application multi layer compression below knee (both sides) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $359.10 $277.02 – $1,026.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $56.93 – $487.93
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $50.71 – $487.93
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $51.75 – $487.93
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $673.45 $84.48 – $4,826.69
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $491.36 $51.75 – $614.20
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $458.33 $55.37 – $687.49
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $431.32 $51.75 – $539.14

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