Artery x-rays spine 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

$4,306.40

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.

$12,304.00

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.

$248.59 with Wellpoint 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
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $248.59 ↓ -94%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $248.59 ↓ -94%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $250.94 ↓ -94%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $253.56 ↓ -94%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $255.96 ↓ -94%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $255.96 ↓ -94%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $263.49 ↓ -94%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $285.88 ↓ -93%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $333.11 ↓ -92%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $340.57 ↓ -92%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $382.83 ↓ -91%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $407.65 ↓ -91%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $448.97 ↓ -90%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $550.88 ↓ -87%
United Commercial|Exchange $582.00 ↓ -86%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $775.60 ↓ -82%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $775.60 ↓ -82%
United Commercial|Charter $782.00 ↓ -82%
United Commercial|HMO $869.00 ↓ -80%
United Commercial|PPO $869.00 ↓ -80%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $1,353.44 ↓ -69%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,353.44 ↓ -69%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $1,813.61 ↓ -58%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $3,322.08 ↓ -23%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $3,898.41 ↓ -9%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $4,451.59 ↑ +3%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Transplant $4,983.67 ↑ +16%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $5,044.64 ↑ +17%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $5,414.46 ↑ +26%
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $5,414.46 ↑ +26%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $5,414.46 ↑ +26%
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $5,414.46 ↑ +26%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $5,414.46 ↑ +26%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $5,414.46 ↑ +26%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $5,468.60 ↑ +27%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $5,515.43 ↑ +28%
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $5,522.75 ↑ +28%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $5,522.75 ↑ +28%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $5,536.80 ↑ +29%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $5,576.89 ↑ +30%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $5,685.18 ↑ +32%
United Commercial|Optum $5,782.88 ↑ +34%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $5,793.47 ↑ +35%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $5,793.47 ↑ +35%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $5,929.09 ↑ +38%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $6,152.00 ↑ +43%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $6,497.35 ↑ +51%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $6,767.20 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $6,767.20 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $6,767.20 ↑ +57%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $7,309.52 ↑ +70%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $7,382.40 ↑ +71%
Aetna Commercial|KelseyCare $7,505.44 ↑ +74%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $7,580.24 ↑ +76%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $7,974.68 ↑ +85%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $7,997.60 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $7,997.60 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $7,997.60 ↑ +86%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $8,121.69 ↑ +89%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $8,121.69 ↑ +89%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $8,121.69 ↑ +89%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $8,121.69 ↑ +89%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $8,121.69 ↑ +89%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $8,338.27 ↑ +94%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $8,612.80 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $8,612.80 ↑ +100%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $8,612.80 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $8,612.80 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $9,228.00 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $10,165.57 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $10,458.40 ↑ +143%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $12,304.00 ↑ +186%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $12,304.00 ↑ +186%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $12,304.00 ↑ +186%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $12,304.00 ↑ +186%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $17,596.99 ↑ +309%

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Artery x-rays spine at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $4,306.40 $140.00 – $12,304.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $10,889.27 $248.59 – $8,089.29
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $248.59 – $8,089.29
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $245.92 – $8,089.29
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $4,094.60 $250.94 – $13,613.39
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $4,255.45 $875.91 – $13,613.39
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $6,385.15 $250.94 – $13,613.39
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $4,094.60 $250.94 – $13,613.39

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