Brace ank air stirrup univ 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

$92.05

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.

$263.00

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.

$55.23 with BCBS - TX vs $263.00 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|Blue Advantage Exchange $55.23 ↓ -40%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $55.23 ↓ -40%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $68.38 ↓ -26%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $71.01 ↓ -23%
United Commercial|Exchange $71.01 ↓ -23%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $78.90 ↓ -14%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $78.90 ↓ -14%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $78.90 ↓ -14%
United Commercial|Charter $81.53 ↓ -11%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $86.79 ↓ -6%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $86.79 ↓ -6%
United Commercial|HMO $89.42 ↓ -3%
United Commercial|PPO $89.42 ↓ -3%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $95.16 ↑ +3%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $107.83 ↑ +17%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $107.83 ↑ +17%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $118.35 ↑ +29%
Humana Commercial|PPO $118.35 ↑ +29%
Humana Commercial|HMO $118.35 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Optum $123.61 ↑ +34%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $131.50 ↑ +43%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $144.65 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $144.65 ↑ +57%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Transplant $144.65 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $144.65 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $157.80 ↑ +71%
Independent Med System Commercial|All Plans $157.80 ↑ +71%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $170.95 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $170.95 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $170.95 ↑ +86%
PHCS Commercial|PPO $170.95 ↑ +86%
PHCS Savility Commercial|PPO $170.95 ↑ +86%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $184.10 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $184.10 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $184.10 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|AP3 $189.36 ↑ +106%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $197.25 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $217.30 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $223.55 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $263.00 ↑ +186%

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Brace ank air stirrup univ at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $92.05 $55.23 – $263.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $103.53 – $227.13
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $103.53 – $227.13
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $103.53 – $227.13
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $301.00 $103.53 – $227.13
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $18.38 $13.38 – $105.00
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $16.07 $16.07 – $96.39
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $92.05 $55.23 – $263.00

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