Carmustine 100 mg intravenous powder for solution at Baylor St Luke's Medical Center
1101 Bates Avenue, Houston, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1184622847
$573.78
Cash price 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.
$1,639.36
Gross charge 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.
$125.22 with Renaissance vs $1,639.36 with BCBS - TX — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Renaissance | Commercial|All Plans | $125.22 | ↓ -78% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $145.83 | ↓ -75% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $145.83 | ↓ -75% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Other Plans | $145.83 | ↓ -75% |
| Humana | Medicare|TRANSPLANT | $145.83 | ↓ -75% |
| AETNA | Medicare|TRANSPLANT | $145.83 | ↓ -75% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|HMO | $145.83 | ↓ -75% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|PPO | $147.29 | ↓ -74% |
| UHC-SecureHorizons | Medicare|All Plans | $148.75 | ↓ -74% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $148.75 | ↓ -74% |
| Amerivantage | Medicare|All Plans | $150.20 | ↓ -74% |
| SELECTCARE | Medicare|All Plans | $153.12 | ↓ -73% |
| DEVOTED | Medicare|All Plans | $186.09 | ↓ -68% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $186.09 | ↓ -68% |
| KelseyCare | Commercial|Exchange | $196.87 | ↓ -66% |
| KINDRED | Medicare|All Plans | $208.70 | ↓ -64% |
| Community Health Choice | Commercial|All Other Plans | $218.75 | ↓ -62% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $218.75 | ↓ -62% |
| Community Health Choice | Commercial|Exchange | $218.75 | ↓ -62% |
| Superior Health Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $218.75 | ↓ -62% |
| Harris Health | Commercial|ERS | $218.75 | ↓ -62% |
| Employer Direct | Commercial|PPO | $243.49 | ↓ -58% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Exchange | $267.84 | ↓ -53% |
| Aetna | Commercial|KelseyCare | $360.66 | ↓ -37% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $426.24 | ↓ -26% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $426.24 | ↓ -26% |
| OPTUM | Medicare|All Plans | $442.63 | ↓ -23% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $446.81 | ↓ -22% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Transplant | $524.60 | ↓ -9% |
| United | Commercial|Charter | $540.99 | ↓ -6% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $540.99 | ↓ -6% |
| NX Health | Commercial|PPO | $565.24 | ↓ -1% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Surefit | $590.17 | ↑ +3% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $590.17 | ↑ +3% |
| Cigna | Commercial|HMO | $590.17 | ↑ +3% |
| OPTUM | Medicaid|STAR | $593.13 | ↑ +3% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $612.77 | ↑ +7% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $612.77 | ↑ +7% |
| TCHPCHIP | Medicaid|HMO | $672.14 | ↑ +17% |
| TCH | Commercial|Transplant | $737.72 | ↑ +29% |
| United | Commercial|Optum | $770.50 | ↑ +34% |
| Humana | Commercial|HMO | $803.29 | ↑ +40% |
| KelseyCare | Commercial|All Other Plans | $803.29 | ↑ +40% |
| Humana | Commercial|PPO | $803.29 | ↑ +40% |
| Shell | Commercial|All Plans | $819.68 | ↑ +43% |
| CHC | Medicaid|CHIP | $901.65 | ↑ +57% |
| CHC | Medicaid|HMO | $901.65 | ↑ +57% |
| TEXASTRUECHOICE | Medicaid|CHIP | $901.65 | ↑ +57% |
| Cigna Lifesource | Commercial|Transplant | $983.62 | ↑ +71% |
| Independent Med System | Commercial|All Plans | $983.62 | ↑ +71% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,065.59 | ↑ +86% |
| Humana | Commercial|Transplant | $1,065.59 | ↑ +86% |
| Coventry | Commercial|PPO | $1,065.59 | ↑ +86% |
| PHCS | Commercial|PPO | $1,147.56 | ↑ +100% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|PPO | $1,147.56 | ↑ +100% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Transplant | $1,147.56 | ↑ +100% |
| PHCS Savility | Commercial|PPO | $1,147.56 | ↑ +100% |
| Interlink | Commercial|Transplant | $1,147.56 | ↑ +100% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|AP3 | $1,180.34 | ↑ +106% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,229.52 | ↑ +114% |
| OPTUM | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $1,354.44 | ↑ +136% |
| USA Health Network | Commercial|All Plans | $1,393.46 | ↑ +143% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|HMO | $1,639.36 | ↑ +186% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange | $1,639.36 | ↑ +186% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|PPO Trad | $1,639.36 | ↑ +186% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|Premier | $1,639.36 | ↑ +186% |
| MHealth Network | Commercial|PPO | $1,639.36 | ↑ +186% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange | $1,639.36 | ↑ +186% |
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Carmustine 100 mg intravenous powder for solution at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $573.78 | $360.66 – $1,639.36 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $145.60 – $39,461.61 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | not published | $232.62 – $39,461.61 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $145.60 – $39,461.61 |
| St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital | Spring | $573.78 | $360.66 – $1,639.36 |
| St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital | Sugar Land | $573.78 | $360.66 – $1,639.36 |
| St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital | The Woodlands | $573.78 | $360.66 – $1,639.36 |
| Covenant Medical Center | Lubbock | $2,876.01 | $241.80 – $11,230.53 |