Arthrocentesis/aspiration/injection major joint/bursa w/ultrasound guidance (both sides) 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

$2,241.05

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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.

$6,403.00

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.

$48.14 with BCBS - TX vs $6,403.00 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 $48.14 ↓ -98%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $49.80 ↓ -98%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $49.80 ↓ -98%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $49.80 ↓ -98%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $49.80 ↓ -98%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $49.80 ↓ -98%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $50.80 ↓ -98%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $50.80 ↓ -98%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $50.80 ↓ -98%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $52.29 ↓ -98%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $56.52 ↓ -97%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $57.27 ↓ -97%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $66.73 ↓ -97%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $66.73 ↓ -97%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $68.23 ↓ -97%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $76.69 ↓ -97%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $87.39 ↓ -96%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $112.51 ↓ -95%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $119.84 ↓ -95%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $140.00 ↓ -94%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $154.00 ↓ -93%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $155.38 ↓ -93%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $155.38 ↓ -93%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $212.88 ↓ -91%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $295.67 ↓ -87%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $295.67 ↓ -87%
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $295.67 ↓ -87%
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $295.67 ↓ -87%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $295.67 ↓ -87%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $295.67 ↓ -87%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $298.63 ↓ -87%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $301.58 ↓ -87%
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $301.58 ↓ -87%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $304.54 ↓ -86%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $310.45 ↓ -86%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $316.37 ↓ -86%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $316.37 ↓ -86%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $354.80 ↓ -84%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $387.00 ↓ -83%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $399.15 ↓ -82%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $413.94 ↓ -82%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $436.92 ↓ -81%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $443.50 ↓ -80%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $443.50 ↓ -80%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $443.50 ↓ -80%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $443.50 ↓ -80%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $443.50 ↓ -80%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $455.33 ↓ -80%
Aetna Commercial|KelseyCare $896.00 ↓ -60%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $960.93 ↓ -57%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,079.00 ↓ -52%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,452.00 ↓ -35%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $1,728.81 ↓ -23%
United Commercial|Charter $1,955.00 ↓ -13%
United Commercial|HMO $2,172.00 ↓ -3%
United Commercial|PPO $2,172.00 ↓ -3%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $2,316.61 ↑ +3%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $2,404.80 ↑ +7%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $2,625.23 ↑ +17%
Humana Commercial|HMO $2,700.00 ↑ +20%
Humana Commercial|PPO $2,700.00 ↑ +20%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $2,881.35 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Optum $3,009.41 ↑ +34%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $3,201.50 ↑ +43%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $3,521.65 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $3,521.65 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $3,521.65 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $3,841.80 ↑ +71%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $4,161.95 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $4,161.95 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $4,161.95 ↑ +86%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $4,482.10 ↑ +100%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $4,482.10 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $4,482.10 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $4,482.10 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $4,802.25 ↑ +114%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $4,866.28 ↑ +117%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $5,290.16 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $5,442.55 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $6,403.00 ↑ +186%

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Arthrocentesis/aspiration/injection major joint/bursa w/ultrasound guidance (both sides) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $2,241.05 $1,728.81 – $6,403.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $50.80 – $377.82
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $46.39 – $377.82
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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,123.56 $47.34 – $1,404.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $910.79 $50.65 – $1,366.18
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