Cyanocobalamin unsat binding capacity 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

$25.90

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.

$74.00

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.

$10.31 with Renaissance vs $74.00 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 $10.31 ↓ -60%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $12.03 ↓ -54%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $12.03 ↓ -54%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $12.03 ↓ -54%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $12.03 ↓ -54%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $12.03 ↓ -54%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $12.27 ↓ -53%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $12.27 ↓ -53%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $12.27 ↓ -53%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $12.63 ↓ -51%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $13.83 ↓ -47%
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $14.32 ↓ -45%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $14.32 ↓ -45%
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $14.32 ↓ -45%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $14.32 ↓ -45%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $14.32 ↓ -45%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $14.32 ↓ -45%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $14.46 ↓ -44%
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $14.61 ↓ -44%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $14.61 ↓ -44%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $14.75 ↓ -43%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $15.04 ↓ -42%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $15.32 ↓ -41%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $15.32 ↓ -41%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $16.12 ↓ -38%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $16.12 ↓ -38%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $16.48 ↓ -36%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $17.18 ↓ -34%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $17.18 ↓ -34%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $18.53 ↓ -28%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $19.33 ↓ -25%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $19.90 ↓ -23%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $19.98 ↓ -23%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $20.05 ↓ -23%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $21.48 ↓ -17%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $21.48 ↓ -17%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $21.48 ↓ -17%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $21.48 ↓ -17%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $21.48 ↓ -17%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $22.05 ↓ -15%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $23.63 ↓ -9%
United Commercial|PPO $26.52 ↑ +2%
United Commercial|Exchange $26.52 ↑ +2%
United Commercial|HMO $26.52 ↑ +2%
United Commercial|Charter $26.52 ↑ +2%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $26.78 ↑ +3%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $30.34 ↑ +17%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $33.30 ↑ +29%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $33.87 ↑ +31%
United Commercial|Optum $34.78 ↑ +34%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $37.00 ↑ +43%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $37.38 ↑ +44%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $37.53 ↑ +45%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $37.53 ↑ +45%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $40.70 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $40.70 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $40.70 ↑ +57%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $41.38 ↑ +60%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $44.40 ↑ +71%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $46.54 ↑ +80%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $48.10 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $48.10 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $48.10 ↑ +86%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $51.10 ↑ +97%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $51.80 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $51.80 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $51.80 ↑ +100%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Transplant $53.32 ↑ +106%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $54.99 ↑ +112%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $55.50 ↑ +114%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $57.14 ↑ +121%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $61.14 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $62.90 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $74.00 ↑ +186%

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Cyanocobalamin unsat binding capacity at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $25.90 $10.31 – $74.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $12.03 – $58.54
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $11.79 – $58.54
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $12.03 – $58.54
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $58.20 $11.98 – $87.30
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $58.20 $12.00 – $72.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $58.20 $12.00 – $87.30
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $58.20 $8.00 – $87.30

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