Artery-vein nonautograft 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

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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.

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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.

$1,695.00 with Aetna vs $17,596.99 with NX Health — 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
Aetna Commercial|KelseyCare $1,695.00
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $1,848.60
Healthsmart Commercial|AP3 $1,929.00
Aetna Commercial|HMO $2,038.00
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $2,039.99
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $2,039.99
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $2,039.99
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $2,039.99
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $2,039.99
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $2,080.79
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $2,080.79
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $2,080.79
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $2,141.99
Independent Med System Commercial|All Plans $2,202.00
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $2,345.99
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $2,733.59
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $2,733.59
Humana Commercial|HMO $2,790.00
Humana Commercial|PPO $2,790.00
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $2,794.79
CHC Medicaid|STAR $3,141.58
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $3,635.00
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $3,860.80
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $3,898.41
Cigna Commercial|HMO $4,005.00
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $4,228.49
BCBS - TX Commercial|Transplant $4,660.16
United Commercial|Exchange $4,848.00
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $5,414.46
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $5,414.46
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $5,414.46
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $5,414.46
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $5,414.46
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $5,414.46
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $5,468.60
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $5,522.75
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $5,522.75
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $5,576.89
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $5,685.18
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $5,793.47
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $5,793.47
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $6,364.77
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $6,364.77
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $6,497.35
United Commercial|Charter $6,527.00
PHCS Savility Commercial|PPO $7,089.00
PHCS Commercial|PPO $7,089.00
United Commercial|HMO $7,252.00
United Commercial|PPO $7,252.00
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $7,309.52
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $7,580.24
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $7,675.64
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $7,974.68
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $8,121.69
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $8,121.69
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $8,121.69
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $8,121.69
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $8,121.69
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $8,338.27
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $9,376.23
Cigna Commercial|PPO $10,059.00
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $10,111.62
NX Health Commercial|PPO $17,596.99
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans not published by hospital
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO not published by hospital
Humana Commercial|Transplant not published by hospital
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO not published by hospital
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP not published by hospital
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant not published by hospital
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
TCH Commercial|Transplant not published by hospital
Cigna Commercial|Transplant not published by hospital
CHC Medicaid|CHIP not published by hospital
United Commercial|Optum not published by hospital
CHC Medicaid|HMO not published by hospital
First Health Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Interlink Commercial|Transplant not published by hospital
Coventry Commercial|PPO not published by hospital
Aetna Commercial|Transplant not published by hospital
Aetna Commercial|PPO not published by hospital
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO not published by hospital
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS not published by hospital
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR not published by hospital

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Artery-vein nonautograft at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $2,080.79 – $9,422.19
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $1,900.37 – $7,997.37
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston not published $1,929.00 – $1,929.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $1,939.15 – $7,997.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $7,740.32 $71.00 – $13,613.39
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $7,740.32 $71.00 – $13,613.39
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $7,740.32 $85.00 – $13,613.39
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $7,740.32 $1,939.15 – $13,613.39

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