Apply hand/wrist cast 29085 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

$84.35

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.

$241.00

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.

$51.26 with Wellpoint 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
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $51.26 ↓ -39%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $51.26 ↓ -39%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $51.26 ↓ -39%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $51.26 ↓ -39%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $51.26 ↓ -39%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $52.29 ↓ -38%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $52.29 ↓ -38%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $52.29 ↓ -38%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $53.82 ↓ -36%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $55.12 ↓ -35%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $58.95 ↓ -30%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $64.70 ↓ -23%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $65.07 ↓ -23%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $68.69 ↓ -19%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $68.69 ↓ -19%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $70.23 ↓ -17%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Transplant $76.60 ↓ -9%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $78.94 ↓ -6%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $87.20 ↑ +3%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $98.81 ↑ +17%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $100.05 ↑ +19%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $108.45 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Optum $113.27 ↑ +34%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $113.80 ↑ +35%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $120.50 ↑ +43%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $128.81 ↑ +53%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $132.55 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $132.55 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $132.55 ↑ +57%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $137.19 ↑ +63%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $140.00 ↑ +66%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $144.60 ↑ +71%
Independent Med System Commercial|All Plans $144.60 ↑ +71%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $154.00 ↑ +83%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $156.65 ↑ +86%
PHCS Savility Commercial|PPO $156.65 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $156.65 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $156.65 ↑ +86%
PHCS Commercial|PPO $156.65 ↑ +86%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $158.05 ↑ +87%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $158.05 ↑ +87%
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $158.05 ↑ +87%
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $158.05 ↑ +87%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $158.05 ↑ +87%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $158.05 ↑ +87%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $159.63 ↑ +89%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $159.93 ↑ +90%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $159.93 ↑ +90%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $161.21 ↑ +91%
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $161.21 ↑ +91%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $162.79 ↑ +93%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $165.95 ↑ +97%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $168.70 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $168.70 ↑ +100%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $168.70 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $168.70 ↑ +100%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $169.11 ↑ +100%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $169.11 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $180.75 ↑ +114%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $183.16 ↑ +117%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $189.66 ↑ +125%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $199.12 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $204.85 ↑ +143%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $213.37 ↑ +153%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $221.27 ↑ +162%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $236.26 ↑ +180%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $237.07 ↑ +181%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $237.07 ↑ +181%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $237.07 ↑ +181%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $237.07 ↑ +181%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $237.07 ↑ +181%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $241.00 ↑ +186%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $243.40 ↑ +189%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $387.00 ↑ +359%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $513.66 ↑ +509%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,452.00 ↑ +1621%
United Commercial|Charter $1,955.00 ↑ +2218%
United Commercial|HMO $2,172.00 ↑ +2475%
United Commercial|PPO $2,172.00 ↑ +2475%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $2,404.80 ↑ +2751%
Humana Commercial|HMO $4,300.00 ↑ +4998%
Humana Commercial|PPO $4,300.00 ↑ +4998%

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