Cold agglutinin titer 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

$52.50

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.

$150.00

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.

$5.80 with Renaissance vs $150.00 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 $5.80 ↓ -89%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $6.77 ↓ -87%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $6.77 ↓ -87%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $6.77 ↓ -87%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $6.77 ↓ -87%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $6.77 ↓ -87%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $6.91 ↓ -87%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $6.91 ↓ -87%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $6.91 ↓ -87%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $7.11 ↓ -86%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $7.79 ↓ -85%
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $8.06 ↓ -85%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $8.06 ↓ -85%
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $8.06 ↓ -85%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $8.06 ↓ -85%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $8.06 ↓ -85%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $8.06 ↓ -85%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $8.14 ↓ -84%
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $8.22 ↓ -84%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $8.22 ↓ -84%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $8.30 ↓ -84%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $8.46 ↓ -84%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $8.62 ↓ -84%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $8.62 ↓ -84%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $9.07 ↓ -83%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $9.07 ↓ -83%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $9.27 ↓ -82%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $9.67 ↓ -82%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $9.67 ↓ -82%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $10.43 ↓ -80%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $10.88 ↓ -79%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $11.20 ↓ -79%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $11.28 ↓ -79%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $12.09 ↓ -77%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $12.09 ↓ -77%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $12.09 ↓ -77%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $12.09 ↓ -77%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $12.09 ↓ -77%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $12.41 ↓ -76%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $13.30 ↓ -75%
United Commercial|Exchange $14.93 ↓ -72%
United Commercial|PPO $14.93 ↓ -72%
United Commercial|HMO $14.93 ↓ -72%
United Commercial|Charter $14.93 ↓ -72%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $19.00 ↓ -64%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $20.97 ↓ -60%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $21.12 ↓ -60%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $21.12 ↓ -60%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $23.29 ↓ -56%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $26.20 ↓ -50%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $28.67 ↓ -45%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Transplant $30.01 ↓ -43%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $30.95 ↓ -41%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $32.16 ↓ -39%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $40.50 ↓ -23%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $54.27 ↑ +3%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $61.50 ↑ +17%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $67.50 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Optum $70.50 ↑ +34%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $75.00 ↑ +43%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $82.50 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $82.50 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $82.50 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $90.00 ↑ +71%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $97.50 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $97.50 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $97.50 ↑ +86%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $105.00 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $105.00 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $105.00 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $112.50 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $123.93 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $127.50 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $150.00 ↑ +186%

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Cold agglutinin titer at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $52.50 $5.80 – $150.00
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $83.66 $6.77 – $104.58
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $78.30 $11.82 – $117.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $78.30 $6.77 – $97.88
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $83.66 $6.77 – $104.58
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $78.30 $7.24 – $117.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $78.30 $6.77 – $117.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $78.30 $6.77 – $117.45

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