Calcium 24 hour urine 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

$39.20

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.

$112.00

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.

$4.34 with Renaissance vs $112.00 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
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $4.34 ↓ -89%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $5.07 ↓ -87%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $5.07 ↓ -87%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $5.07 ↓ -87%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $5.07 ↓ -87%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $5.07 ↓ -87%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $5.17 ↓ -87%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $5.17 ↓ -87%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $5.17 ↓ -87%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $5.32 ↓ -86%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $5.83 ↓ -85%
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $6.03 ↓ -85%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $6.03 ↓ -85%
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $6.03 ↓ -85%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $6.03 ↓ -85%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $6.03 ↓ -85%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $6.03 ↓ -85%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $6.09 ↓ -84%
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $6.15 ↓ -84%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $6.15 ↓ -84%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $6.21 ↓ -84%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $6.33 ↓ -84%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $6.45 ↓ -84%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $6.45 ↓ -84%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $6.79 ↓ -83%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $6.79 ↓ -83%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $6.95 ↓ -82%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $7.24 ↓ -82%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $7.24 ↓ -82%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $7.81 ↓ -80%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $8.14 ↓ -79%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $8.38 ↓ -79%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $8.44 ↓ -78%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $9.04 ↓ -77%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $9.04 ↓ -77%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $9.04 ↓ -77%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $9.04 ↓ -77%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $9.04 ↓ -77%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $9.29 ↓ -76%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $9.95 ↓ -75%
United Commercial|Exchange $11.16 ↓ -72%
United Commercial|PPO $11.16 ↓ -72%
United Commercial|HMO $11.16 ↓ -72%
United Commercial|Charter $11.16 ↓ -72%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $14.04 ↓ -64%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $15.49 ↓ -60%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $15.82 ↓ -60%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $15.82 ↓ -60%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $17.43 ↓ -56%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $19.60 ↓ -50%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $21.19 ↓ -46%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Transplant $22.47 ↓ -43%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $23.16 ↓ -41%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $24.06 ↓ -39%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $30.24 ↓ -23%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $40.53 ↑ +3%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $45.92 ↑ +17%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $50.40 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Optum $52.64 ↑ +34%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $56.00 ↑ +43%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $61.60 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $61.60 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $61.60 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $67.20 ↑ +71%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $72.80 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $72.80 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $72.80 ↑ +86%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $78.40 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $78.40 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $78.40 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $84.00 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $92.54 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $95.20 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $112.00 ↑ +186%

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Calcium 24 hour urine at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $498.00 $4.97 – $25.07
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $39.20 $4.34 – $112.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $5.07 – $25.07
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $5.07 – $25.07
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $97.72 $5.43 – $23.22
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $66.72 $5.07 – $19.39
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $60.42 $3.19 – $23.27
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $64.51 $5.07 – $19.39

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