Des thor aorta/prox ext prosth/ini 33883 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

$383.25

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.

$1,095.00

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.

$120.45 with TCHP vs $9,158.00 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
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $120.45 ↓ -69%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $120.45 ↓ -69%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $122.86 ↓ -68%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $161.41 ↓ -58%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $165.02 ↓ -57%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $295.65 ↓ -23%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $375.81 ↓ -2%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $375.81 ↓ -2%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $396.18 ↑ +3%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $448.95 ↑ +17%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $492.75 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Optum $514.65 ↑ +34%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $547.50 ↑ +43%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $602.25 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $602.25 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $602.25 ↑ +57%
Independent Med System Commercial|All Plans $657.00 ↑ +71%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $657.00 ↑ +71%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $711.75 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $711.75 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $711.75 ↑ +86%
PHCS Commercial|PPO $711.75 ↑ +86%
PHCS Savility Commercial|PPO $711.75 ↑ +86%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $766.50 ↑ +100%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $766.50 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $766.50 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $766.50 ↑ +100%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $780.40 ↑ +104%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $821.25 ↑ +114%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $832.20 ↑ +117%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $904.69 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $930.75 ↑ +143%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $1,071.60 ↑ +180%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $1,095.00 ↑ +186%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $1,257.96 ↑ +228%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Transplant $1,969.87 ↑ +414%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $2,404.80 ↑ +527%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $2,504.28 ↑ +553%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $2,667.35 ↑ +596%
Humana Commercial|HMO $2,700.00 ↑ +605%
Humana Commercial|PPO $2,700.00 ↑ +605%
United Commercial|Exchange $3,128.00 ↑ +716%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $3,309.00 ↑ +763%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $3,646.00 ↑ +851%
United Commercial|Charter $4,211.00 ↑ +999%
United Commercial|HMO $4,680.00 ↑ +1121%
United Commercial|PPO $4,680.00 ↑ +1121%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $9,158.00 ↑ +2290%

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Des thor aorta/prox ext prosth/ini 33883 at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $383.25 $87.60 – $1,095.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $10,681.03 – $10,681.03
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $10,681.03 – $10,681.03
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $10,681.03 – $10,681.03
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,831.72 $518.99 – $2,594.93
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,831.72 $488.46 – $2,594.93
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $1,831.72 $488.46 – $2,594.93
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - GRAPEVINE Grapevine $1,831.72 $457.93 – $2,594.93

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