Artery xray each vessel 7577426 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

$991.20

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.

$2,832.00

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.

$79.57 with BCBS - TX vs $2,832.00 with MHealth Network — 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 $79.57 ↓ -92%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $85.54 ↓ -91%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $100.00 ↓ -90%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $100.00 ↓ -90%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $100.00 ↓ -90%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $177.71 ↓ -82%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $209.54 ↓ -79%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $232.09 ↓ -77%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Transplant $509.51 ↓ -49%
United Commercial|Exchange $582.00 ↓ -41%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $764.64 ↓ -23%
United Commercial|Charter $782.00 ↓ -21%
United Commercial|PPO $869.00 ↓ -12%
United Commercial|HMO $869.00 ↓ -12%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $1,024.62 ↑ +3%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $1,161.12 ↑ +17%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $1,274.40 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Optum $1,331.04 ↑ +34%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $1,416.00 ↑ +43%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $1,557.60 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $1,557.60 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $1,557.60 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $1,699.20 ↑ +71%
Aetna Commercial|KelseyCare $1,727.52 ↑ +74%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $1,840.80 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $1,840.80 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,840.80 ↑ +86%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $1,982.40 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $1,982.40 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $1,982.40 ↑ +100%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,982.40 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,124.00 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $2,339.80 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $2,407.20 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $2,832.00 ↑ +186%

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Artery xray each vessel 7577426 at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $6,929.00 $116.71 – $1,216.79
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $991.20 $93.50 – $2,832.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $116.71 – $1,216.79
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $116.71 – $1,216.79
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,964.64 $132.62 – $2,783.24
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,710.91 $222.80 – $2,566.36
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,844.46 $222.80 – $2,305.57
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,964.64 $151.85 – $2,783.24

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