Brachytx isodose intermed 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

$1,649.20

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.

$4,712.00

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.

$209.32 with BCBS - TX vs $4,712.00 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 $209.32 ↓ -87%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $252.92 ↓ -85%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $264.00 ↓ -84%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $366.66 ↓ -78%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $366.66 ↓ -78%
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $366.66 ↓ -78%
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $366.66 ↓ -78%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $366.66 ↓ -78%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $366.66 ↓ -78%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $370.33 ↓ -78%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $373.99 ↓ -77%
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $373.99 ↓ -77%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $377.66 ↓ -77%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $384.99 ↓ -77%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $392.33 ↓ -76%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $392.33 ↓ -76%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $439.99 ↓ -73%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $462.24 ↓ -72%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $494.99 ↓ -70%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $513.32 ↓ -69%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $549.99 ↓ -67%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $549.99 ↓ -67%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $549.99 ↓ -67%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $549.99 ↓ -67%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $549.99 ↓ -67%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $564.66 ↓ -66%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $566.30 ↓ -66%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $666.32 ↓ -60%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $741.33 ↓ -55%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $1,191.65 ↓ -28%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $1,272.24 ↓ -23%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $1,319.36 ↓ -20%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $1,460.72 ↓ -11%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $1,704.81 ↑ +3%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $1,931.92 ↑ +17%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,931.92 ↑ +17%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $2,120.40 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Optum $2,214.64 ↑ +34%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $2,356.00 ↑ +43%
United Commercial|Exchange $2,358.00 ↑ +43%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $2,591.60 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $2,591.60 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $2,591.60 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $2,827.20 ↑ +71%
Aetna Commercial|KelseyCare $2,874.32 ↑ +74%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $3,062.80 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $3,062.80 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $3,062.80 ↑ +86%
United Commercial|Charter $3,177.00 ↑ +93%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $3,298.40 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $3,298.40 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $3,298.40 ↑ +100%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $3,298.40 ↑ +100%
United Commercial|PPO $3,527.00 ↑ +114%
United Commercial|HMO $3,527.00 ↑ +114%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $3,534.00 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $3,893.06 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $4,005.20 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $4,712.00 ↑ +186%

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Brachytx isodose intermed at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $1,649.20 $254.67 – $4,712.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $319.21 – $2,717.68
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $319.21 – $2,717.68
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $319.21 – $2,717.68
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $4,380.20 $671.56 – $671.56
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $640.03 $181.34 – $915.33
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,234.68 $254.14 – $1,852.02
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,008.74 $201.75 – $1,260.92

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