Aqmbf pet rest & rx stress 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

$1,021.30

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.

$2,918.00

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.

$38.05 with BCBS - TX vs $3,866.00 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.

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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
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $38.05 ↓ -96%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $40.91 ↓ -96%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $84.98 ↓ -92%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $100.00 ↓ -90%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $100.00 ↓ -90%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $100.00 ↓ -90%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $100.20 ↓ -90%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $110.99 ↓ -89%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $787.86 ↓ -23%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $1,055.74 ↑ +3%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $1,196.38 ↑ +17%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $1,313.10 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Optum $1,371.46 ↑ +34%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $1,459.00 ↑ +43%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $1,604.90 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $1,604.90 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $1,604.90 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $1,750.80 ↑ +71%
Aetna Commercial|KelseyCare $1,779.98 ↑ +74%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $1,896.70 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $1,896.70 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,896.70 ↑ +86%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $2,042.60 ↑ +100%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $2,042.60 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $2,042.60 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $2,042.60 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,188.50 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $2,410.86 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $2,480.30 ↑ +143%
United Commercial|Exchange $2,585.00 ↑ +153%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $2,913.00 ↑ +185%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $2,918.00 ↑ +186%
United Commercial|Charter $3,481.00 ↑ +241%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $3,754.00 ↑ +268%
United Commercial|PPO $3,866.00 ↑ +279%
United Commercial|HMO $3,866.00 ↑ +279%

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Aqmbf pet rest & rx stress at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $1,021.30 $44.71 – $2,918.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $55.81 – $55.81
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $55.81 – $55.81
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $55.81 – $55.81
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $134.48 $38.10 – $5,371.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $134.48 $27.68 – $5,371.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $128.48 $25.70 – $5,371.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $134.48 $35.86 – $5,371.00

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