Cath ablat bi-d d-d 8fr 115cm 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

$6,190.10

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.

$17,686.00

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.

$0.27 with OPTUM vs $51,840.00 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.

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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
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $0.27 ↓ -100%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $0.37 ↓ -100%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $0.41 ↓ -100%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $0.41 ↓ -100%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $0.45 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|Optum $0.47 ↓ -100%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $0.50 ↓ -100%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $0.55 ↓ -100%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $0.55 ↓ -100%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $0.55 ↓ -100%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $0.60 ↓ -100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $0.60 ↓ -100%
Independent Med System Commercial|All Plans $0.60 ↓ -100%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $0.65 ↓ -100%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $0.65 ↓ -100%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $0.65 ↓ -100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $0.70 ↓ -100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $0.70 ↓ -100%
Healthsmart Commercial|AP3 $0.72 ↓ -100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $0.75 ↓ -100%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $0.83 ↓ -100%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $0.85 ↓ -100%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $1.00 ↓ -100%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $1.00 ↓ -100%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $1.00 ↓ -100%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $1.00 ↓ -100%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1.00 ↓ -100%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $19,766.00 ↑ +219%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Transplant $33,600.00 ↑ +443%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $35,727.00 ↑ +477%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $40,285.00 ↑ +551%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $51,840.00 ↑ +737%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $51,840.00 ↑ +737%

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Cath ablat bi-d d-d 8fr 115cm at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $6,190.10 $0.27 – $40,285.00
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $7,565.04 not published
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $1,730.19 $100.00 – $559.92
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $3,717.35 $1,049.27 – $7,412.40
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $2,963.37 $100.00 – $3,591.00
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $6,190.10 $0.27 – $40,285.00
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $6,190.10 $0.27 – $40,285.00
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $3,717.35 $4,035.64 – $14,869.40

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