Bone marrow imaging mult 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

$340.20

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.

$972.00

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.

$106.92 with TCHP vs $3,268.00 with United — 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
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $106.92 ↓ -69%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $106.92 ↓ -69%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $143.28 ↓ -58%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $174.41 ↓ -49%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $174.41 ↓ -49%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $174.41 ↓ -49%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $177.90 ↓ -48%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $177.90 ↓ -48%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $177.90 ↓ -48%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $183.13 ↓ -46%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $200.57 ↓ -41%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $227.92 ↓ -33%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $233.71 ↓ -31%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $238.94 ↓ -30%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $245.01 ↓ -28%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $262.44 ↓ -23%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $268.59 ↓ -21%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $289.79 ↓ -15%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $311.04 ↓ -9%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $340.20 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $351.67 ↑ +3%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $398.52 ↑ +17%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $398.52 ↑ +17%
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $402.48 ↑ +18%
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $402.48 ↑ +18%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $402.48 ↑ +18%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $402.48 ↑ +18%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $402.48 ↑ +18%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $402.48 ↑ +18%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $406.50 ↑ +19%
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $410.53 ↑ +21%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $410.53 ↑ +21%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $414.55 ↑ +22%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $422.60 ↑ +24%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $430.65 ↑ +27%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $430.65 ↑ +27%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $437.40 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Optum $456.84 ↑ +34%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $482.98 ↑ +42%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $486.00 ↑ +43%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $509.01 ↑ +50%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $534.60 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $534.60 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $534.60 ↑ +57%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $543.35 ↑ +60%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $544.16 ↑ +60%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $544.16 ↑ +60%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $563.47 ↑ +66%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $583.20 ↑ +71%
Aetna Commercial|KelseyCare $592.92 ↑ +74%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $600.18 ↑ +76%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $603.72 ↑ +77%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $603.72 ↑ +77%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $603.72 ↑ +77%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $603.72 ↑ +77%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $603.72 ↑ +77%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $619.82 ↑ +82%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $630.40 ↑ +85%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $631.80 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $631.80 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $631.80 ↑ +86%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $664.76 ↑ +95%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Transplant $669.63 ↑ +97%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $680.40 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $680.40 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $680.40 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $680.40 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $729.00 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $803.07 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $826.20 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $972.00 ↑ +186%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $1,308.06 ↑ +284%
United Commercial|Exchange $2,184.00 ↑ +542%
United Commercial|Charter $2,940.00 ↑ +764%
United Commercial|PPO $3,268.00 ↑ +861%
United Commercial|HMO $3,268.00 ↑ +861%

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Bone marrow imaging mult at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $340.20 $77.76 – $972.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $191.85 – $893.28
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $170.92 – $893.28
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $174.41 – $893.28
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $367.06 $169.08 – $1,021.72
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $762.31 $156.91 – $1,143.46
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,010.08 $169.08 – $1,262.60
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $367.06 $169.08 – $1,021.72

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