Brachy source yttrium-90 at Baylor St Luke's Medical Center
1101 Bates Avenue, Houston, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1184622847
$58,300.55
Cash price 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.
$166,573.00
Gross charge 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.
$12,609.67 with Renaissance vs $79,411.06 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Renaissance | Commercial|All Plans | $12,609.67 | ↓ -78% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange | $16,676.33 | ↓ -71% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Other Plans | $17,513.43 | ↓ -70% |
| Humana | Medicare|TRANSPLANT | $17,513.43 | ↓ -70% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|HMO | $17,513.43 | ↓ -70% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $17,513.43 | ↓ -70% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $17,513.43 | ↓ -70% |
| AETNA | Medicare|TRANSPLANT | $17,513.43 | ↓ -70% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|PPO | $17,688.56 | ↓ -70% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $17,863.70 | ↓ -69% |
| UHC-SecureHorizons | Medicare|All Plans | $17,863.70 | ↓ -69% |
| Amerivantage | Medicare|All Plans | $18,038.83 | ↓ -69% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange | $18,264.55 | ↓ -69% |
| SELECTCARE | Medicare|All Plans | $18,389.10 | ↓ -68% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $18,739.37 | ↓ -68% |
| DEVOTED | Medicare|All Plans | $18,739.37 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | Commercial|KelseyCare | $19,852.77 | ↓ -66% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $20,646.88 | ↓ -65% |
| KINDRED | Medicare|All Plans | $21,016.12 | ↓ -64% |
| OPTUM | Medicare|All Plans | $21,440.99 | ↓ -63% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $21,440.99 | ↓ -63% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $23,029.21 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $23,029.21 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|Premier | $23,029.21 | ↓ -60% |
| KelseyCare | Commercial|Exchange | $23,643.13 | ↓ -59% |
| Cigna | Commercial|HMO | $23,823.32 | ↓ -59% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Surefit | $23,823.32 | ↓ -59% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $23,823.32 | ↓ -59% |
| Employer Direct | Commercial|PPO | $24,518.80 | ↓ -58% |
| United | Commercial|Charter | $24,617.43 | ↓ -58% |
| Community Health Choice | Commercial|Exchange | $26,270.15 | ↓ -55% |
| Superior Health Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $26,270.15 | ↓ -55% |
| Harris Health | Commercial|ERS | $26,270.15 | ↓ -55% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $26,270.15 | ↓ -55% |
| Community Health Choice | Commercial|All Other Plans | $26,270.15 | ↓ -55% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Exchange | $26,970.68 | ↓ -54% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $26,999.77 | ↓ -54% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $26,999.77 | ↓ -54% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|HMO | $27,793.88 | ↓ -52% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|PPO Trad | $27,793.88 | ↓ -52% |
| OPTUM | Medicaid|STAR | $28,730.93 | ↓ -51% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Transplant | $29,382.10 | ↓ -50% |
| TCHPCHIP | Medicaid|HMO | $32,558.54 | ↓ -44% |
| KelseyCare | Commercial|All Other Plans | $32,558.54 | ↓ -44% |
| TCH | Commercial|Transplant | $35,734.98 | ↓ -39% |
| Humana | Commercial|PPO | $35,734.98 | ↓ -39% |
| Humana | Commercial|HMO | $35,734.98 | ↓ -39% |
| United | Commercial|Optum | $37,323.20 | ↓ -36% |
| Shell | Commercial|All Plans | $39,705.53 | ↓ -32% |
| CHC | Medicaid|CHIP | $43,676.09 | ↓ -25% |
| CHC | Medicaid|HMO | $43,676.09 | ↓ -25% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|Transplant | $43,676.09 | ↓ -25% |
| TEXASTRUECHOICE | Medicaid|CHIP | $43,676.09 | ↓ -25% |
| Cigna Lifesource | Commercial|Transplant | $47,646.64 | ↓ -18% |
| Interlink | Commercial|Transplant | $47,646.64 | ↓ -18% |
| Independent Med System | Commercial|All Plans | $47,646.64 | ↓ -18% |
| PHCS Savility | Commercial|PPO | $51,617.19 | ↓ -11% |
| Coventry | Commercial|PPO | $51,617.19 | ↓ -11% |
| Humana | Commercial|Transplant | $51,617.19 | ↓ -11% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $51,617.19 | ↓ -11% |
| PHCS | Commercial|PPO | $51,617.19 | ↓ -11% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|PPO | $55,587.75 | ↓ -5% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Transplant | $55,587.75 | ↓ -5% |
| NX Health | Commercial|PPO | $56,918.65 | ↓ -2% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|AP3 | $57,175.97 | ↓ -2% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $59,558.30 | ↑ +2% |
| OPTUM | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $65,609.42 | ↑ +13% |
| USA Health Network | Commercial|All Plans | $67,499.41 | ↑ +16% |
| MHealth Network | Commercial|PPO | $79,411.06 | ↑ +36% |
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Brachy source yttrium-90 at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $58,300.55 | $17,470.44 – $79,411.06 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $31,277.57 – $31,277.57 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | not published | $31,277.57 – $31,277.57 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $31,277.57 – $31,277.57 |
| HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE | FRIENDSWOOD | $73,177.56 | $31,277.57 – $31,277.57 |
| HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD | HUMBLE | $26,400.91 | $31,277.57 – $31,277.57 |
| St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital | Spring | $58,300.55 | $17,470.44 – $79,411.06 |
| St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital | Sugar Land | $58,300.55 | $17,470.44 – $79,411.06 |