Chlorothiazide sodium 500 mg intravenous solution 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

$721.69

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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.

$2,061.95

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.

$12.40 with Aetna vs $56.36 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.

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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 $12.40 ↓ -98%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $14.66 ↓ -98%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $14.66 ↓ -98%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $15.22 ↓ -98%
United Commercial|Exchange $15.79 ↓ -98%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $18.04 ↓ -98%
United Commercial|Charter $18.60 ↓ -97%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $18.60 ↓ -97%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $20.29 ↓ -97%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $20.29 ↓ -97%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $20.29 ↓ -97%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $20.40 ↓ -97%
United Commercial|PPO $21.42 ↓ -97%
United Commercial|HMO $21.42 ↓ -97%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $23.11 ↓ -97%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $25.37 ↓ -96%
United Commercial|Optum $26.49 ↓ -96%
Humana Commercial|HMO $27.62 ↓ -96%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $27.62 ↓ -96%
Humana Commercial|PPO $27.62 ↓ -96%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $28.18 ↓ -96%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $31.00 ↓ -96%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $31.00 ↓ -96%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $31.00 ↓ -96%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $33.82 ↓ -95%
Independent Med System Commercial|All Plans $33.82 ↓ -95%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $36.64 ↓ -95%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $36.64 ↓ -95%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $36.64 ↓ -95%
PHCS Savility Commercial|PPO $39.46 ↓ -95%
PHCS Commercial|PPO $39.46 ↓ -95%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $39.46 ↓ -95%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $39.46 ↓ -95%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $39.46 ↓ -95%
Healthsmart Commercial|AP3 $40.58 ↓ -94%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $42.27 ↓ -94%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $46.57 ↓ -94%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $47.91 ↓ -93%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $56.36 ↓ -92%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $56.36 ↓ -92%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $56.36 ↓ -92%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $56.36 ↓ -92%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $56.36 ↓ -92%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $56.36 ↓ -92%

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Chlorothiazide sodium 500 mg intravenous solution at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $721.69 $12.40 – $56.36
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $32.48 – $659.11
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $58.13 – $659.11
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $32.48 – $659.11
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $117.87 $553.28 – $553.28
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $479.82 $141.34 – $573.79
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $1,085.20 $45.09 – $1,013.89
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $721.69 $12.40 – $56.36

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