Demonstration/evaluation utilization aersol generator/nebulizer/metered dose inhaler/ippb device at Baylor St Luke's Medical Center
1101 Bates Avenue, Houston, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1184622847
$172.55
Cash price 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.
$493.00
Gross charge 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.
$47.84 with BCBS - TX vs $2,082.00 with United — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| BCBS - TX | Commercial|Transplant | $47.84 | ↓ -72% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $100.00 | ↓ -42% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Surefit | $100.00 | ↓ -42% |
| Cigna | Commercial|HMO | $100.00 | ↓ -42% |
| OPTUM | Medicare|All Plans | $133.11 | ↓ -23% |
| Renaissance | Commercial|All Plans | $146.68 | ↓ -15% |
| OPTUM | Medicaid|STAR | $178.37 | ↑ +3% |
| TCHPCHIP | Medicaid|HMO | $202.13 | ↑ +17% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Other Plans | $203.72 | ↑ +18% |
| Humana | Medicare|TRANSPLANT | $203.72 | ↑ +18% |
| AETNA | Medicare|TRANSPLANT | $203.72 | ↑ +18% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $203.72 | ↑ +18% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $203.72 | ↑ +18% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|HMO | $203.72 | ↑ +18% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|PPO | $205.76 | ↑ +19% |
| UHC-SecureHorizons | Medicare|All Plans | $207.79 | ↑ +20% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $207.79 | ↑ +20% |
| Amerivantage | Medicare|All Plans | $209.83 | ↑ +22% |
| SELECTCARE | Medicare|All Plans | $213.91 | ↑ +24% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange | $217.07 | ↑ +26% |
| DEVOTED | Medicare|All Plans | $217.98 | ↑ +26% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $217.98 | ↑ +26% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange | $220.75 | ↑ +28% |
| TCH | Commercial|Transplant | $221.85 | ↑ +29% |
| United | Commercial|Optum | $231.71 | ↑ +34% |
| KINDRED | Medicare|All Plans | $244.46 | ↑ +42% |
| Shell | Commercial|All Plans | $246.50 | ↑ +43% |
| CHC | Medicaid|CHIP | $271.15 | ↑ +57% |
| TEXASTRUECHOICE | Medicaid|CHIP | $271.15 | ↑ +57% |
| CHC | Medicaid|HMO | $271.15 | ↑ +57% |
| KelseyCare | Commercial|Exchange | $275.02 | ↑ +59% |
| Employer Direct | Commercial|PPO | $285.21 | ↑ +65% |
| Cigna Lifesource | Commercial|Transplant | $295.80 | ↑ +71% |
| Harris Health | Commercial|ERS | $305.58 | ↑ +77% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $305.58 | ↑ +77% |
| Community Health Choice | Commercial|Exchange | $305.58 | ↑ +77% |
| Superior Health Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $305.58 | ↑ +77% |
| Community Health Choice | Commercial|All Other Plans | $305.58 | ↑ +77% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Exchange | $313.73 | ↑ +82% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $314.34 | ↑ +82% |
| Coventry | Commercial|PPO | $320.45 | ↑ +86% |
| Humana | Commercial|Transplant | $320.45 | ↑ +86% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $320.45 | ↑ +86% |
| Interlink | Commercial|Transplant | $345.10 | ↑ +100% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|PPO | $345.10 | ↑ +100% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Transplant | $345.10 | ↑ +100% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $369.75 | ↑ +114% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|PPO Trad | $371.60 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|Premier | $395.51 | ↑ +129% |
| OPTUM | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $407.32 | ↑ +136% |
| USA Health Network | Commercial|All Plans | $419.05 | ↑ +143% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|HMO | $493.00 | ↑ +186% |
| MHealth Network | Commercial|PPO | $493.00 | ↑ +186% |
| NX Health | Commercial|PPO | $662.09 | ↑ +284% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $1,392.00 | ↑ +707% |
| United | Commercial|Charter | $1,875.00 | ↑ +987% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $2,082.00 | ↑ +1107% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $2,082.00 | ↑ +1107% |
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Demonstration/evaluation utilization aersol generator/nebulizer/metered dose inhaler/ippb device at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $172.55 | $100.00 – $493.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | $208.46 | $160.71 – $430.47 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $160.71 – $430.47 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | not published | $160.71 – $430.47 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $254.71 | $708.25 – $708.25 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $235.79 | $66.81 – $528.37 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $196.34 | $40.41 – $528.37 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $185.17 | $37.03 – $528.37 |