Bilirubin direct 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

$144.20

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.

$412.00

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.

$3.61 with Renaissance vs $412.00 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
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $3.61 ↓ -97%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $4.22 ↓ -97%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $4.22 ↓ -97%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $4.22 ↓ -97%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $4.22 ↓ -97%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $4.22 ↓ -97%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $4.30 ↓ -97%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $4.30 ↓ -97%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $4.30 ↓ -97%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $4.43 ↓ -97%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $4.85 ↓ -97%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $5.02 ↓ -97%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $5.02 ↓ -97%
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $5.02 ↓ -97%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $5.02 ↓ -97%
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $5.02 ↓ -97%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $5.02 ↓ -97%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $5.07 ↓ -96%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $5.12 ↓ -96%
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $5.12 ↓ -96%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $5.17 ↓ -96%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $5.27 ↓ -96%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $5.37 ↓ -96%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $5.37 ↓ -96%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $5.65 ↓ -96%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $5.65 ↓ -96%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $5.78 ↓ -96%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $6.02 ↓ -96%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $6.02 ↓ -96%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $6.50 ↓ -95%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $6.78 ↓ -95%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $6.98 ↓ -95%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $7.03 ↓ -95%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $7.53 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $7.53 ↓ -95%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $7.53 ↓ -95%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $7.53 ↓ -95%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $7.53 ↓ -95%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $7.73 ↓ -95%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $8.28 ↓ -94%
United Commercial|Charter $9.29 ↓ -94%
United Commercial|PPO $9.29 ↓ -94%
United Commercial|Exchange $9.29 ↓ -94%
United Commercial|HMO $9.29 ↓ -94%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $12.39 ↓ -91%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $13.17 ↓ -91%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $13.17 ↓ -91%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $13.67 ↓ -91%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $14.51 ↓ -90%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $16.31 ↓ -89%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Transplant $18.69 ↓ -87%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $18.70 ↓ -87%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $19.28 ↓ -87%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $20.03 ↓ -86%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $111.24 ↓ -23%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $149.07 ↑ +3%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $168.92 ↑ +17%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $185.40 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Optum $193.64 ↑ +34%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $206.00 ↑ +43%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $226.60 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $226.60 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $226.60 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $247.20 ↑ +71%
Aetna Commercial|KelseyCare $251.32 ↑ +74%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $267.80 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $267.80 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $267.80 ↑ +86%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $288.40 ↑ +100%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $288.40 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $288.40 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $288.40 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $309.00 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $340.40 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $350.20 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $412.00 ↑ +186%

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Bilirubin direct at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $144.20 $3.61 – $412.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $4.22 – $20.91
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $4.22 – $20.91
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $133.68 $4.52 – $19.33
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $68.86 $4.22 – $86.07
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $51.85 $7.36 – $77.78
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $87.12 $4.22 – $108.90
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $68.86 $4.22 – $86.07

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