CT neck soft tissue without contrast 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

$1,986.95

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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.

$5,677.00

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.

$76.69 with Renaissance vs $5,677.00 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 $76.69 ↓ -96%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $104.75 ↓ -95%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $106.51 ↓ -95%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $106.51 ↓ -95%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $106.51 ↓ -95%
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $106.51 ↓ -95%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $106.51 ↓ -95%
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $106.51 ↓ -95%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $106.84 ↓ -95%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $106.84 ↓ -95%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $106.88 ↓ -95%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $106.88 ↓ -95%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $107.58 ↓ -95%
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $108.64 ↓ -95%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $108.64 ↓ -95%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $109.02 ↓ -95%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $109.71 ↓ -94%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $109.99 ↓ -94%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $111.84 ↓ -94%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $113.97 ↓ -94%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $113.97 ↓ -94%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $122.91 ↓ -94%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $127.81 ↓ -94%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $134.50 ↓ -93%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $143.22 ↓ -93%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $143.79 ↓ -93%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $146.43 ↓ -93%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $149.11 ↓ -92%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $150.19 ↓ -92%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $159.76 ↓ -92%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $159.76 ↓ -92%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $159.76 ↓ -92%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $159.76 ↓ -92%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $159.76 ↓ -92%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $164.03 ↓ -92%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $164.60 ↓ -92%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $182.06 ↓ -91%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $300.37 ↓ -85%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $333.47 ↓ -83%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $333.47 ↓ -83%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $346.16 ↓ -83%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Transplant $447.10 ↓ -77%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $461.77 ↓ -77%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $488.67 ↓ -75%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $507.00 ↓ -74%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $559.00 ↓ -72%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $590.00 ↓ -70%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $624.47 ↓ -69%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $624.47 ↓ -69%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $761.00 ↓ -62%
Humana Commercial|PPO $800.00 ↓ -60%
Humana Commercial|HMO $800.00 ↓ -60%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $836.79 ↓ -58%
Healthsmart Commercial|AP3 $900.00 ↓ -55%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $1,154.70 ↓ -42%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,264.00 ↓ -36%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,405.00 ↓ -29%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $1,532.79 ↓ -23%
United Commercial|Charter $1,703.00 ↓ -14%
United Commercial|HMO $1,891.00 ↓ -5%
United Commercial|PPO $1,891.00 ↓ -5%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $2,053.94 ↑ +3%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $2,327.57 ↑ +17%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $2,554.65 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Optum $2,668.19 ↑ +34%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $2,838.50 ↑ +43%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $3,122.35 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $3,122.35 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $3,122.35 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $3,406.20 ↑ +71%
Aetna Commercial|KelseyCare $3,462.97 ↑ +74%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $3,690.05 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $3,690.05 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $3,690.05 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $3,973.90 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $3,973.90 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $3,973.90 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $3,973.90 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $4,257.75 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $4,690.34 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $4,825.45 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $5,677.00 ↑ +186%

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CT neck soft tissue without contrast at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $1,986.95 $104.75 – $5,677.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $106.88 – $240.97
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $102.66 – $224.16
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $104.75 – $240.97
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $2,886.14 $522.29 – $522.29
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,539.67 $99.77 – $1,924.58
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,466.86 $141.23 – $2,200.28
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,744.52 $99.77 – $2,180.66

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