Chloroprocaine hcl injection 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

$46.27

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.

$132.18

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.

$17.62 with Aetna vs $80.09 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
Aetna Commercial|KelseyCare $17.62 ↓ -62%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $20.83 ↓ -55%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $20.83 ↓ -55%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $21.63 ↓ -53%
United Commercial|Exchange $22.43 ↓ -52%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $25.63 ↓ -45%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $26.43 ↓ -43%
United Commercial|Charter $26.43 ↓ -43%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $28.84 ↓ -38%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $28.84 ↓ -38%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $28.84 ↓ -38%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $28.98 ↓ -37%
United Commercial|HMO $30.44 ↓ -34%
United Commercial|PPO $30.44 ↓ -34%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $32.84 ↓ -29%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $36.05 ↓ -22%
United Commercial|Optum $37.65 ↓ -19%
Humana Commercial|PPO $39.25 ↓ -15%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $39.25 ↓ -15%
Humana Commercial|HMO $39.25 ↓ -15%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $40.05 ↓ -13%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $44.05 ↓ -5%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $44.05 ↓ -5%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $44.05 ↓ -5%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $48.06 ↑ +4%
Independent Med System Commercial|All Plans $48.06 ↑ +4%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $52.06 ↑ +13%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $52.06 ↑ +13%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $52.06 ↑ +13%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $56.07 ↑ +21%
PHCS Commercial|PPO $56.07 ↑ +21%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $56.07 ↑ +21%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $56.07 ↑ +21%
PHCS Savility Commercial|PPO $56.07 ↑ +21%
Healthsmart Commercial|AP3 $57.67 ↑ +25%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $60.07 ↑ +30%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $66.18 ↑ +43%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $68.08 ↑ +47%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $80.09 ↑ +73%

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Chloroprocaine hcl injection at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $46.27 $17.62 – $80.09
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $0.04 – $0.10
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $0.04 – $0.10
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $0.04 – $0.10
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $56.07 $0.15 – $0.15
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $53.98 $0.04 – $0.10
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $56.70 $0.14 – $0.15
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $77.67 $9.74 – $38.95

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