Carboplatin 10 mg/ml desensitization 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

$390.29

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.

$1,115.11

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.

$2.41 with BCBS - TX vs $439.32 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 $2.41 ↓ -99%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $3.03 ↓ -99%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $3.81 ↓ -99%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $4.96 ↓ -99%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $5.36 ↓ -99%
United Commercial|Exchange $6.35 ↓ -98%
United Commercial|PPO $8.71 ↓ -98%
United Commercial|Charter $8.71 ↓ -98%
United Commercial|HMO $8.71 ↓ -98%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $10.03 ↓ -97%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $10.57 ↓ -97%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $10.57 ↓ -97%
Aetna Commercial|KelseyCare $96.66 ↓ -75%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $114.23 ↓ -71%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $114.23 ↓ -71%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $118.62 ↓ -70%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $140.59 ↓ -64%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $144.98 ↓ -63%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $158.95 ↓ -59%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $180.13 ↓ -54%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $197.70 ↓ -49%
United Commercial|Optum $206.49 ↓ -47%
Humana Commercial|HMO $215.27 ↓ -45%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $215.27 ↓ -45%
Humana Commercial|PPO $215.27 ↓ -45%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $219.66 ↓ -44%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $241.63 ↓ -38%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $241.63 ↓ -38%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $241.63 ↓ -38%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $263.60 ↓ -32%
Independent Med System Commercial|All Plans $263.60 ↓ -32%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $285.56 ↓ -27%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $285.56 ↓ -27%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $285.56 ↓ -27%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $307.53 ↓ -21%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $307.53 ↓ -21%
PHCS Savility Commercial|PPO $307.53 ↓ -21%
PHCS Commercial|PPO $307.53 ↓ -21%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $307.53 ↓ -21%
Healthsmart Commercial|AP3 $316.32 ↓ -19%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $329.49 ↓ -16%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $362.97 ↓ -7%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $373.43 ↓ -4%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $439.32 ↑ +13%

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Carboplatin 10 mg/ml desensitization at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $390.29 $2.92 – $439.32
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $2.93 – $30.97
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $2.93 – $30.97
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $2.93 – $30.97
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $125.58 $10.32 – $10.32
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $11.22 $4.79 – $67.31
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $390.29 $2.92 – $439.32
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $390.29 $2.92 – $439.32

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