Buprenorphine hydrochloride 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

$39.58

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.

$113.07

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.

$2.65 with BCBS - TX vs $64.70 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 $2.65 ↓ -93%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $3.32 ↓ -92%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $4.17 ↓ -89%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $5.44 ↓ -86%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $5.88 ↓ -85%
United Commercial|Exchange $7.53 ↓ -81%
United Commercial|PPO $10.32 ↓ -74%
United Commercial|Charter $10.32 ↓ -74%
United Commercial|HMO $10.32 ↓ -74%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $11.89 ↓ -70%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $12.53 ↓ -68%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $12.53 ↓ -68%
Aetna Commercial|KelseyCare $14.24 ↓ -64%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $16.83 ↓ -57%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $16.83 ↓ -57%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $17.47 ↓ -56%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $20.71 ↓ -48%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $21.36 ↓ -46%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $23.41 ↓ -41%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $26.53 ↓ -33%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $29.12 ↓ -26%
United Commercial|Optum $30.41 ↓ -23%
Humana Commercial|HMO $31.71 ↓ -20%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $31.71 ↓ -20%
Humana Commercial|PPO $31.71 ↓ -20%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $32.35 ↓ -18%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $35.59 ↓ -10%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $35.59 ↓ -10%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $35.59 ↓ -10%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $38.82 ↓ -2%
Independent Med System Commercial|All Plans $38.82 ↓ -2%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $42.06 ↑ +6%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $42.06 ↑ +6%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $42.06 ↑ +6%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $45.29 ↑ +14%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $45.29 ↑ +14%
PHCS Savility Commercial|PPO $45.29 ↑ +14%
PHCS Commercial|PPO $45.29 ↑ +14%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $45.29 ↑ +14%
Healthsmart Commercial|AP3 $46.59 ↑ +18%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $48.53 ↑ +23%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $53.46 ↑ +35%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $55.00 ↑ +39%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $64.70 ↑ +63%

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Buprenorphine hydrochloride at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $39.58 $3.20 – $64.70
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $112.68 $4.18 – $42.37
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $4.18 – $42.37
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $4.21 – $42.37
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $105.34 $11.00 – $15.69
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE $129.12 $4.21 – $42.37
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $117.99 $4.21 – $42.37
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $42.14 $4.55 – $252.82

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