Chemo ia infusion up to 1 hr 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

$941.15

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.

$2,689.00

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.

$206.25 with BCBS - TX vs $2,689.00 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
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $206.25 ↓ -78%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $209.75 ↓ -78%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $239.21 ↓ -75%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $332.23 ↓ -65%
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $332.23 ↓ -65%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $332.23 ↓ -65%
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $332.23 ↓ -65%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $332.23 ↓ -65%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $332.23 ↓ -65%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $335.55 ↓ -64%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Transplant $338.33 ↓ -64%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $338.87 ↓ -64%
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $338.87 ↓ -64%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $342.11 ↓ -64%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $342.20 ↓ -64%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $348.84 ↓ -63%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $353.08 ↓ -62%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $355.49 ↓ -62%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $355.49 ↓ -62%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $375.80 ↓ -60%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $398.68 ↓ -58%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $448.51 ↓ -52%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $465.12 ↓ -51%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $498.35 ↓ -47%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $498.35 ↓ -47%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $498.35 ↓ -47%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $498.35 ↓ -47%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $498.35 ↓ -47%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $511.63 ↓ -46%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $541.85 ↓ -42%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $726.03 ↓ -23%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $860.48 ↓ -9%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $941.15 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $972.89 ↑ +3%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,035.00 ↑ +10%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $1,079.75 ↑ +15%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $1,102.49 ↑ +17%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,102.49 ↑ +17%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $1,210.05 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Optum $1,263.83 ↑ +34%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $1,344.50 ↑ +43%
United Commercial|Charter $1,392.00 ↑ +48%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $1,478.95 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $1,478.95 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $1,478.95 ↑ +57%
United Commercial|HMO $1,548.00 ↑ +64%
United Commercial|PPO $1,548.00 ↑ +64%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $1,613.40 ↑ +71%
Aetna Commercial|KelseyCare $1,640.29 ↑ +74%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $1,747.85 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,747.85 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $1,747.85 ↑ +86%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $1,882.30 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $1,882.30 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $1,882.30 ↑ +100%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,882.30 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,016.75 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $2,221.66 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $2,285.65 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $2,689.00 ↑ +186%

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Chemo ia infusion up to 1 hr at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $941.15 $255.19 – $2,689.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $409.01 – $1,721.16
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $409.01 – $1,721.16
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $409.01 – $1,721.16
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $782.09 $221.59 – $977.61
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $775.43 $159.61 – $1,163.15
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $691.12 $138.22 – $863.89
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $782.09 $208.56 – $977.61

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