Bronchoscopy bronch stents 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

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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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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.

$1,195.00 with Aetna vs $22,534.46 with NX Health — 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
Aetna Commercial|KelseyCare $1,195.00
Healthsmart Commercial|AP3 $1,285.00
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $1,361.70
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,438.00
Independent Med System Commercial|All Plans $1,675.00
Humana Commercial|HMO $1,980.00
Humana Commercial|PPO $1,980.00
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $2,589.74
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $2,589.74
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $2,589.74
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $2,589.74
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $2,589.74
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $2,609.00
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $2,641.53
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $2,641.53
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $2,641.53
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $2,719.23
Cigna Commercial|HMO $2,875.00
BCBS - TX Commercial|Transplant $2,909.31
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $2,978.20
United Commercial|Exchange $3,128.00
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $3,470.25
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $3,470.25
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $3,547.94
CHC Medicaid|STAR $3,988.20
United Commercial|Charter $4,211.00
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $4,569.90
United Commercial|HMO $4,680.00
United Commercial|PPO $4,680.00
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $4,992.25
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $5,005.13
PHCS Savility Commercial|PPO $5,185.00
PHCS Commercial|PPO $5,185.00
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $6,933.68
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $6,933.68
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $6,933.68
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $6,933.68
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $6,933.68
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $6,933.68
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $7,003.02
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $7,072.35
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $7,072.35
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $7,141.69
Cigna Commercial|PPO $7,221.00
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $7,280.36
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $7,419.04
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $7,419.04
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $8,079.99
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $8,079.99
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $8,320.42
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $9,085.40
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $9,360.47
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $9,707.15
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $9,738.56
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $10,400.52
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $10,400.52
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $10,400.52
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $10,400.52
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $10,400.52
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $10,677.87
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $11,098.33
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $11,968.79
NX Health Commercial|PPO $22,534.46
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR not published by hospital
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans not published by hospital
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO not published by hospital
Humana Commercial|Transplant not published by hospital
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO not published by hospital
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP not published by hospital
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant not published by hospital
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
TCH Commercial|Transplant not published by hospital
Cigna Commercial|Transplant not published by hospital
CHC Medicaid|CHIP not published by hospital
United Commercial|Optum not published by hospital
CHC Medicaid|HMO not published by hospital
First Health Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Interlink Commercial|Transplant not published by hospital
Coventry Commercial|PPO not published by hospital
Aetna Commercial|Transplant not published by hospital
Aetna Commercial|PPO not published by hospital
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO not published by hospital
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS not published by hospital

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Bronchoscopy bronch stents at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $2,641.53 – $11,152.74
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $2,412.50 – $9,466.23
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston not published $1,285.00 – $1,285.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $2,461.73 – $9,466.23
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas not published $6,800.45 – $8,715.36
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas not published $2,416.00 – $16,955.09
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER Temple not published $2,416.00 – $16,955.09
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $2,412.50 – $8,704.58

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