Colposcopy/cervix/bx vagina/cervix 57421 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

$528.50

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.

$1,510.00

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.

$76.70 with BCBS - TX vs $5,160.00 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.

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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|MyBlue Health Exchange $76.70 ↓ -85%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $80.10 ↓ -85%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $80.10 ↓ -85%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $80.10 ↓ -85%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $80.10 ↓ -85%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $80.10 ↓ -85%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $81.70 ↓ -85%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $81.70 ↓ -85%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $81.70 ↓ -85%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $84.11 ↓ -84%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $90.04 ↓ -83%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $92.11 ↓ -83%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Transplant $105.40 ↓ -80%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $107.33 ↓ -80%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $107.33 ↓ -80%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $109.74 ↓ -79%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $123.35 ↓ -77%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $139.23 ↓ -74%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $179.25 ↓ -66%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $190.92 ↓ -64%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $249.91 ↓ -53%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $249.91 ↓ -53%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $407.70 ↓ -23%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $546.32 ↑ +3%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $619.10 ↑ +17%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $627.95 ↑ +19%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $679.50 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Optum $709.70 ↑ +34%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $755.00 ↑ +43%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $830.50 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $830.50 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $830.50 ↑ +57%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $872.15 ↑ +65%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $872.15 ↑ +65%
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $872.15 ↑ +65%
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $872.15 ↑ +65%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $872.15 ↑ +65%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $872.15 ↑ +65%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $880.87 ↑ +67%
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $889.59 ↑ +68%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $889.59 ↑ +68%
Aetna Commercial|KelseyCare $896.00 ↑ +70%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $898.31 ↑ +70%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $906.00 ↑ +71%
Independent Med System Commercial|All Plans $906.00 ↑ +71%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $915.76 ↑ +73%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $933.20 ↑ +77%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $933.20 ↑ +77%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $942.30 ↑ +78%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $981.50 ↑ +86%
PHCS Savility Commercial|PPO $981.50 ↑ +86%
PHCS Commercial|PPO $981.50 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $981.50 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $981.50 ↑ +86%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $1,046.58 ↑ +98%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $1,057.00 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $1,057.00 ↑ +100%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,057.00 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $1,057.00 ↑ +100%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $1,060.19 ↑ +101%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,079.00 ↑ +104%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,132.50 ↑ +114%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $1,147.60 ↑ +117%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $1,177.40 ↑ +123%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $1,221.01 ↑ +131%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,247.57 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $1,283.50 ↑ +143%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $1,308.22 ↑ +148%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $1,308.22 ↑ +148%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $1,308.22 ↑ +148%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $1,308.22 ↑ +148%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $1,308.22 ↑ +148%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $1,343.11 ↑ +154%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,452.00 ↑ +175%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $1,510.00 ↑ +186%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $1,864.00 ↑ +253%
United Commercial|Charter $1,955.00 ↑ +270%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $2,054.00 ↑ +289%
United Commercial|PPO $2,172.00 ↑ +311%
United Commercial|HMO $2,172.00 ↑ +311%
Humana Commercial|PPO $2,700.00 ↑ +411%
Humana Commercial|HMO $2,700.00 ↑ +411%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $2,834.49 ↑ +436%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $5,160.00 ↑ +876%

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Colposcopy/cervix/bx vagina/cervix 57421 at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $528.50 $407.70 – $1,510.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $81.70 – $601.93
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $74.62 – $929.87
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $76.14 – $601.93
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $939.92 $71.00 – $2,975.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $895.92 $71.00 – $2,975.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $939.92 $81.47 – $2,975.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $939.92 $76.14 – $1,991.50

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