Bronchoscopy clear airways 31645 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.

$553.05 with TCHP vs $5,613.60 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
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $553.05
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $553.05
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $553.05
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $553.05
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $553.05
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $564.11
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $564.11
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $564.11
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $580.70
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $636.01
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $741.09
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $741.09
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $757.68
CHC Medicaid|STAR $851.70
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $942.30
Healthsmart Commercial|AP3 $958.00
BCBS - TX Commercial|Transplant $1,179.08
Aetna Commercial|KelseyCare $1,195.00
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $1,201.71
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $1,243.63
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $1,316.16
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,438.00
Humana Commercial|PPO $1,494.00
Humana Commercial|HMO $1,494.00
Independent Med System Commercial|All Plans $1,675.00
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,725.52
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,725.52
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $1,727.26
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $1,727.26
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $1,727.26
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $1,727.26
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $1,727.26
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $1,727.26
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $1,744.53
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $1,761.81
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $1,761.81
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $1,779.08
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $1,813.62
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $1,848.17
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $1,848.17
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $1,864.00
United Commercial|Exchange $1,984.00
Cigna Commercial|HMO $2,054.00
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $2,072.71
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $2,331.80
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $2,389.12
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $2,418.16
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $2,501.99
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $2,590.89
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $2,590.89
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $2,590.89
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $2,590.89
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $2,590.89
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $2,659.98
United Commercial|Charter $2,669.00
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $2,918.44
United Commercial|HMO $2,968.00
United Commercial|PPO $2,968.00
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $3,147.34
PHCS Savility Commercial|PPO $4,487.00
PHCS Commercial|PPO $4,487.00
Cigna Commercial|PPO $5,160.00
NX Health Commercial|PPO $5,613.60
Aetna Commercial|Transplant not published by hospital
CHC Medicaid|HMO 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
CHC Medicaid|CHIP not published by hospital
Cigna Commercial|Transplant not published by hospital
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS not published by hospital
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
United Commercial|Optum not published by hospital
TCH Commercial|Transplant 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

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Bronchoscopy clear airways 31645 at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $564.11 – $2,932.75
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $515.20 – $2,489.26
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston not published $958.00 – $958.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $525.71 – $2,489.26
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $755.65 $550.12 – $4,318.00
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $755.65 $2,374.90 – $4,318.00
St. Joseph Health Grimes Hospital Navasota $755.65 $1,565.71 – $4,792.98
St. Joseph Health Burleson Hospital Caldwell $755.65 $949.96 – $4,318.00

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