Debridement subcutaneous tissue <= 20 sq cm 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

$778.05

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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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$2,223.00

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.

$150.52 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.

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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
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $150.52 ↓ -81%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $150.52 ↓ -81%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $150.52 ↓ -81%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $150.52 ↓ -81%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $150.52 ↓ -81%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $153.53 ↓ -80%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $153.53 ↓ -80%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $153.53 ↓ -80%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $158.05 ↓ -80%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $173.10 ↓ -78%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $201.70 ↓ -74%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $201.70 ↓ -74%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $206.21 ↓ -73%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $231.80 ↓ -70%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $268.39 ↓ -66%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $288.13 ↓ -63%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $293.95 ↓ -62%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Transplant $315.46 ↓ -59%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $400.18 ↓ -49%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $400.18 ↓ -49%
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $400.18 ↓ -49%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $400.18 ↓ -49%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $400.18 ↓ -49%
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $400.18 ↓ -49%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $404.18 ↓ -48%
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $408.18 ↓ -48%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $408.18 ↓ -48%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $412.19 ↓ -47%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $420.19 ↓ -46%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $428.19 ↓ -45%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $428.19 ↓ -45%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $469.62 ↓ -40%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $469.62 ↓ -40%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $480.22 ↓ -38%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $533.58 ↓ -31%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $540.24 ↓ -31%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $560.25 ↓ -28%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $578.01 ↓ -26%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $600.21 ↓ -23%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $600.27 ↓ -23%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $600.27 ↓ -23%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $600.27 ↓ -23%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $600.27 ↓ -23%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $600.27 ↓ -23%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $616.28 ↓ -21%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $651.80 ↓ -16%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $702.92 ↓ -10%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $804.29 ↑ +3%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $911.43 ↑ +17%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $1,000.35 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Optum $1,044.81 ↑ +34%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $1,111.50 ↑ +43%
Aetna Commercial|KelseyCare $1,195.00 ↑ +54%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $1,222.65 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $1,222.65 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $1,222.65 ↑ +57%
Healthsmart Commercial|AP3 $1,285.00 ↑ +65%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $1,300.59 ↑ +67%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $1,333.80 ↑ +71%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $1,361.70 ↑ +75%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,438.00 ↑ +85%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,444.95 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $1,444.95 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $1,444.95 ↑ +86%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,452.00 ↑ +87%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $1,556.10 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $1,556.10 ↑ +100%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,556.10 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $1,556.10 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,667.25 ↑ +114%
Independent Med System Commercial|All Plans $1,675.00 ↑ +115%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $1,689.48 ↑ +117%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,836.65 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $1,889.55 ↑ +143%
United Commercial|Charter $1,955.00 ↑ +151%
Humana Commercial|PPO $1,980.00 ↑ +154%
Humana Commercial|HMO $1,980.00 ↑ +154%
United Commercial|HMO $2,172.00 ↑ +179%
United Commercial|PPO $2,172.00 ↑ +179%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $2,223.00 ↑ +186%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $2,609.00 ↑ +235%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $2,875.00 ↑ +270%
PHCS Commercial|PPO $5,185.00 ↑ +566%
PHCS Savility Commercial|PPO $5,185.00 ↑ +566%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $7,221.00 ↑ +828%

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Debridement subcutaneous tissue <= 20 sq cm at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $778.05 $600.21 – $2,223.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $153.53 – $655.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $153.53 – $555.95
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $153.53 – $555.95
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,415.06 $399.39 – $4,826.69
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,011.76 $171.51 – $1,264.70
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,092.32 $71.00 – $1,638.48
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,231.11 $71.00 – $1,538.89

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