Apply rigid leg cast 29445 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

$193.55

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.

$553.00

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.

$52.14 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|STARKIDS $52.14 ↓ -73%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $52.14 ↓ -73%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $52.14 ↓ -73%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $52.14 ↓ -73%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $52.14 ↓ -73%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $53.18 ↓ -73%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $53.18 ↓ -73%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $53.18 ↓ -73%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $54.75 ↓ -72%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $57.10 ↓ -70%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $59.96 ↓ -69%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $67.04 ↓ -65%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $69.87 ↓ -64%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $69.87 ↓ -64%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $71.43 ↓ -63%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $80.30 ↓ -59%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Transplant $101.62 ↓ -47%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $103.66 ↓ -46%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $133.45 ↓ -31%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $140.00 ↓ -28%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $142.14 ↓ -27%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $149.31 ↓ -23%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $154.00 ↓ -20%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $162.68 ↓ -16%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $162.68 ↓ -16%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $191.53 ↓ -1%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $200.08 ↑ +3%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $226.73 ↑ +17%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $248.85 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Optum $259.91 ↑ +34%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $266.01 ↑ +37%
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $266.01 ↑ +37%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $266.01 ↑ +37%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $266.01 ↑ +37%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $266.01 ↑ +37%
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $266.01 ↑ +37%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $268.67 ↑ +39%
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $271.33 ↑ +40%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $271.33 ↑ +40%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $273.99 ↑ +42%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $276.50 ↑ +43%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $279.31 ↑ +44%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $284.63 ↑ +47%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $284.63 ↑ +47%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $304.15 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $304.15 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $304.15 ↑ +57%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $319.21 ↑ +65%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $331.80 ↑ +71%
Independent Med System Commercial|All Plans $331.80 ↑ +71%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $359.11 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $359.45 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $359.45 ↑ +86%
PHCS Savility Commercial|PPO $359.45 ↑ +86%
PHCS Commercial|PPO $359.45 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $359.45 ↑ +86%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $372.41 ↑ +92%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $387.00 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $387.10 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $387.10 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $387.10 ↑ +100%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $399.01 ↑ +106%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $399.01 ↑ +106%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $399.01 ↑ +106%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $399.01 ↑ +106%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $399.01 ↑ +106%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $403.43 ↑ +108%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $409.66 ↑ +112%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $414.75 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $456.89 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $470.05 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $553.00 ↑ +186%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $864.53 ↑ +347%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,452.00 ↑ +650%
United Commercial|Charter $1,955.00 ↑ +910%
United Commercial|HMO $2,172.00 ↑ +1022%
United Commercial|PPO $2,172.00 ↑ +1022%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $2,404.80 ↑ +1142%
Humana Commercial|PPO $4,300.00 ↑ +2122%
Humana Commercial|HMO $4,300.00 ↑ +2122%

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