Cell count w differential body fluid 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

$226.45

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.

$647.00

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.

$4.03 with Renaissance vs $647.00 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 $4.03 ↓ -98%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $4.70 ↓ -98%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $4.70 ↓ -98%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $4.70 ↓ -98%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $4.70 ↓ -98%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $4.70 ↓ -98%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $4.79 ↓ -98%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $4.79 ↓ -98%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $4.79 ↓ -98%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $4.93 ↓ -98%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $5.41 ↓ -98%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $5.60 ↓ -98%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $5.60 ↓ -98%
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $5.60 ↓ -98%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $5.60 ↓ -98%
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $5.60 ↓ -98%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $5.60 ↓ -98%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $5.66 ↓ -98%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $5.71 ↓ -97%
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $5.71 ↓ -97%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $5.77 ↓ -97%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $5.88 ↓ -97%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $5.99 ↓ -97%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $5.99 ↓ -97%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $6.30 ↓ -97%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $6.30 ↓ -97%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $6.44 ↓ -97%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $6.72 ↓ -97%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $6.72 ↓ -97%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $7.24 ↓ -97%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $7.56 ↓ -97%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $7.78 ↓ -97%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $7.84 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $8.40 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $8.40 ↓ -96%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $8.40 ↓ -96%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $8.40 ↓ -96%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $8.40 ↓ -96%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $8.62 ↓ -96%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $9.24 ↓ -96%
United Commercial|Charter $10.20 ↓ -95%
United Commercial|PPO $10.20 ↓ -95%
United Commercial|Exchange $10.20 ↓ -95%
United Commercial|HMO $10.20 ↓ -95%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $13.22 ↓ -94%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $14.59 ↓ -94%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $14.66 ↓ -94%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $14.66 ↓ -94%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $16.18 ↓ -93%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $18.20 ↓ -92%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $19.94 ↓ -91%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Transplant $20.50 ↓ -91%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $21.50 ↓ -91%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $22.34 ↓ -90%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $174.69 ↓ -23%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $234.09 ↑ +3%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $265.27 ↑ +17%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $291.15 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Optum $304.09 ↑ +34%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $323.50 ↑ +43%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $355.85 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $355.85 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $355.85 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $388.20 ↑ +71%
Aetna Commercial|KelseyCare $394.67 ↑ +74%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $420.55 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $420.55 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $420.55 ↑ +86%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $452.90 ↑ +100%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $452.90 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $452.90 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $452.90 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $485.25 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $534.56 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $549.95 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $647.00 ↑ +186%

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Cell count w differential body fluid at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $226.45 $4.03 – $647.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $4.70 – $23.69
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $4.61 – $23.69
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $4.70 – $23.69
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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $120.46 $4.70 – $53.95
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