Creatine kinase mb 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

$32.55

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.

$93.00

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.

$8.32 with Renaissance vs $93.00 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 $8.32 ↓ -74%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $9.70 ↓ -70%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $9.70 ↓ -70%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $9.70 ↓ -70%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $9.70 ↓ -70%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $9.70 ↓ -70%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $9.89 ↓ -70%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $9.89 ↓ -70%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $9.89 ↓ -70%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $10.18 ↓ -69%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $11.15 ↓ -66%
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $11.55 ↓ -65%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $11.55 ↓ -65%
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $11.55 ↓ -65%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $11.55 ↓ -65%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $11.55 ↓ -65%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $11.55 ↓ -65%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $11.67 ↓ -64%
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $11.78 ↓ -64%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $11.78 ↓ -64%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $11.90 ↓ -63%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $12.13 ↓ -63%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $12.36 ↓ -62%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $12.36 ↓ -62%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $13.00 ↓ -60%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $13.00 ↓ -60%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $13.29 ↓ -59%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $13.86 ↓ -57%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $13.86 ↓ -57%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $14.94 ↓ -54%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $15.59 ↓ -52%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $16.05 ↓ -51%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $16.17 ↓ -50%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $17.32 ↓ -47%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $17.32 ↓ -47%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $17.32 ↓ -47%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $17.32 ↓ -47%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $17.32 ↓ -47%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $17.79 ↓ -45%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $19.06 ↓ -41%
United Commercial|HMO $21.39 ↓ -34%
United Commercial|Exchange $21.39 ↓ -34%
United Commercial|PPO $21.39 ↓ -34%
United Commercial|Charter $21.39 ↓ -34%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Transplant $22.90 ↓ -30%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $25.11 ↓ -23%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $27.26 ↓ -16%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $30.08 ↓ -8%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $30.26 ↓ -7%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $30.26 ↓ -7%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $33.38 ↑ +3%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $33.65 ↑ +3%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $37.54 ↑ +15%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $38.13 ↑ +17%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $41.13 ↑ +26%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $41.85 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Optum $43.71 ↑ +34%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $44.35 ↑ +36%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $46.08 ↑ +42%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $46.50 ↑ +43%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $51.15 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $51.15 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $51.15 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $55.80 ↑ +71%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $60.45 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $60.45 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $60.45 ↑ +86%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $65.10 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $65.10 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $65.10 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $69.75 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $76.84 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $79.05 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $93.00 ↑ +186%

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HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $784.00 $9.51 – $47.41
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $32.55 $8.32 – $93.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $9.70 – $47.41
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