Colonoscopy (diagnostic) at Baylor St Luke's Medical Center
1101 Bates Avenue, Houston, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1184622847
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Cash price 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.
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Gross charge 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.
$345.58 with Wellpoint vs $7,221.00 with Cigna — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Wellpoint | Medicaid|CHIP | $345.58 | — |
| TCHP | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $345.58 | — |
| TCHP | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $345.58 | — |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $345.58 | — |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $345.58 | — |
| UHC | Medicaid|CHIP | $352.49 | — |
| UHC | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $352.49 | — |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $352.49 | — |
| BCBS | Medicaid|All Plans | $362.86 | — |
| CHC | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $397.42 | — |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $463.08 | — |
| TCHP | Medicaid|STAR | $463.08 | — |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STAR | $473.44 | — |
| CHC | Medicaid|STAR | $532.19 | — |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange | $641.66 | — |
| Renaissance | Commercial|All Plans | $657.50 | — |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange | $702.77 | — |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $913.19 | — |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|HMO | $913.19 | — |
| AETNA | Medicare|TRANSPLANT | $913.19 | — |
| Humana | Medicare|TRANSPLANT | $913.19 | — |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $913.19 | — |
| Humana | Medicare|All Other Plans | $913.19 | — |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|PPO | $922.32 | — |
| UHC-SecureHorizons | Medicare|All Plans | $931.45 | — |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $931.45 | — |
| Amerivantage | Medicare|All Plans | $940.59 | — |
| SELECTCARE | Medicare|All Plans | $958.85 | — |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $977.11 | — |
| DEVOTED | Medicare|All Plans | $977.11 | — |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|Transplant | $1,039.08 | — |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $1,078.21 | — |
| UHC | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $1,078.21 | — |
| KINDRED | Medicare|All Plans | $1,095.83 | — |
| Aetna | Commercial|KelseyCare | $1,195.00 | — |
| KelseyCare | Commercial|Exchange | $1,232.81 | — |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|Premier | $1,275.68 | — |
| Employer Direct | Commercial|PPO | $1,278.47 | — |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|AP3 | $1,285.00 | — |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,327.10 | — |
| KelseyCare | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,361.70 | — |
| Community Health Choice | Commercial|Exchange | $1,369.79 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,369.79 | — |
| Harris Health | Commercial|ERS | $1,369.79 | — |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $1,369.79 | — |
| Community Health Choice | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,369.79 | — |
| Aetna | Commercial|Exchange | $1,406.31 | — |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $1,438.00 | — |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|HMO | $1,558.32 | — |
| Independent Med System | Commercial|All Plans | $1,675.00 | — |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|PPO Trad | $1,680.54 | — |
| Humana | Commercial|PPO | $1,980.00 | — |
| Humana | Commercial|HMO | $1,980.00 | — |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $1,984.00 | — |
| Cigna | Commercial|Surefit | $2,609.00 | — |
| United | Commercial|Charter | $2,669.00 | — |
| Cigna | Commercial|HMO | $2,875.00 | — |
| NX Health | Commercial|PPO | $2,967.87 | — |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $2,968.00 | — |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $2,968.00 | — |
| PHCS Savility | Commercial|PPO | $5,185.00 | — |
| PHCS | Commercial|PPO | $5,185.00 | — |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $7,221.00 | — |
| TCH | Commercial|Transplant | not published by hospital | — |
| United | Commercial|Optum | not published by hospital | — |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| Interlink | Commercial|Transplant | not published by hospital | — |
| CHC | Medicaid|CHIP | not published by hospital | — |
| Coventry | Commercial|PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| CHC | Medicaid|HMO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | Commercial|Transplant | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| OPTUM | Medicaid|STARPLUS | not published by hospital | — |
| OPTUM | Medicaid|STAR | not published by hospital | — |
| OPTUM | Medicare|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| Humana | Commercial|Transplant | not published by hospital | — |
| MHealth Network | Commercial|PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| TCHPCHIP | Medicaid|HMO | not published by hospital | — |
| TEXASTRUECHOICE | Medicaid|CHIP | not published by hospital | — |
| Cigna Lifesource | Commercial|Transplant | not published by hospital | — |
| USA Health Network | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| Cigna | Commercial|Transplant | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Colonoscopy (diagnostic) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $352.49 – $1,565.95 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | not published | $321.93 – $1,329.15 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | not published | $1,285.00 – $1,285.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $328.50 – $1,329.15 |
| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | $1,047.06 | $932.10 – $7,034.24 |
| St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center | Pasadena | $1,375.92 | $2,358.72 – $2,948.40 |
| Covenant Medical Center | Lubbock | $1,047.06 | $934.20 – $6,330.82 |
| Covenant Hospital Plainview | Plainview | $963.48 | $906.17 – $2,150.00 |