Carbamazepine total therapeutic drug level 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

$57.75

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.

$165.00

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.

$10.49 with Renaissance vs $165.00 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 $10.49 ↓ -82%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $12.24 ↓ -79%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $12.24 ↓ -79%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $12.24 ↓ -79%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $12.24 ↓ -79%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $12.24 ↓ -79%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $12.48 ↓ -78%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $12.48 ↓ -78%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $12.48 ↓ -78%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $12.85 ↓ -78%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $14.08 ↓ -76%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $14.57 ↓ -75%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $14.57 ↓ -75%
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $14.57 ↓ -75%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $14.57 ↓ -75%
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $14.57 ↓ -75%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $14.57 ↓ -75%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $14.72 ↓ -75%
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $14.86 ↓ -74%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $14.86 ↓ -74%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $15.01 ↓ -74%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $15.30 ↓ -74%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $15.59 ↓ -73%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $15.59 ↓ -73%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $16.40 ↓ -72%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $16.40 ↓ -72%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $16.77 ↓ -71%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $17.48 ↓ -70%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $17.48 ↓ -70%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $18.85 ↓ -67%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $19.67 ↓ -66%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $20.25 ↓ -65%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $20.40 ↓ -65%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $21.86 ↓ -62%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $21.86 ↓ -62%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $21.86 ↓ -62%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $21.86 ↓ -62%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $21.86 ↓ -62%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $22.44 ↓ -61%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $24.04 ↓ -58%
United Commercial|PPO $26.97 ↓ -53%
United Commercial|Charter $26.97 ↓ -53%
United Commercial|HMO $26.97 ↓ -53%
United Commercial|Exchange $26.97 ↓ -53%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $34.71 ↓ -40%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $38.19 ↓ -34%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $38.19 ↓ -34%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $38.30 ↓ -34%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $42.11 ↓ -27%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $44.55 ↓ -23%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $47.35 ↓ -18%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $52.35 ↓ -9%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Transplant $54.21 ↓ -6%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $55.95 ↓ -3%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $58.13 ↑ +1%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $59.70 ↑ +3%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $67.65 ↑ +17%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $74.25 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Optum $77.55 ↑ +34%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $82.50 ↑ +43%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $90.75 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $90.75 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $90.75 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $99.00 ↑ +71%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $107.25 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $107.25 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $107.25 ↑ +86%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $115.50 ↑ +100%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $115.50 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $115.50 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $115.50 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $123.75 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $136.33 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $140.25 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $165.00 ↑ +186%

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Carbamazepine total therapeutic drug level at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $1,045.00 $12.00 – $59.93
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $57.75 $10.49 – $165.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $12.24 – $59.93
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $12.24 – $59.93
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $266.11 $13.11 – $56.09
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $149.49 $10.00 – $186.86
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $117.74 $12.00 – $176.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $149.49 $12.00 – $186.86

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