Dihydroergotamine 0.05 mg/ml IV syringe - cnr 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

$812.39

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.

$2,321.09

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.

$34.36 with Aetna vs $156.16 with BCBS - TX — 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
Aetna Commercial|KelseyCare $34.36 ↓ -96%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $40.61 ↓ -95%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $40.61 ↓ -95%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $42.17 ↓ -95%
United Commercial|Exchange $43.73 ↓ -95%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $49.98 ↓ -94%
United Commercial|Charter $51.54 ↓ -94%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $51.54 ↓ -94%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $56.22 ↓ -93%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $56.22 ↓ -93%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $56.22 ↓ -93%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $56.50 ↓ -93%
United Commercial|PPO $59.35 ↓ -93%
United Commercial|HMO $59.35 ↓ -93%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $64.03 ↓ -92%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $70.28 ↓ -91%
United Commercial|Optum $73.40 ↓ -91%
Humana Commercial|HMO $76.52 ↓ -91%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $76.52 ↓ -91%
Humana Commercial|PPO $76.52 ↓ -91%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $78.08 ↓ -90%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $85.89 ↓ -89%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $85.89 ↓ -89%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $85.89 ↓ -89%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $93.70 ↓ -88%
Independent Med System Commercial|All Plans $93.70 ↓ -88%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $101.51 ↓ -88%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $101.51 ↓ -88%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $101.51 ↓ -88%
PHCS Savility Commercial|PPO $109.32 ↓ -87%
PHCS Commercial|PPO $109.32 ↓ -87%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $109.32 ↓ -87%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $109.32 ↓ -87%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $109.32 ↓ -87%
Healthsmart Commercial|AP3 $112.44 ↓ -86%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $117.12 ↓ -86%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $129.02 ↓ -84%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $132.74 ↓ -84%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $156.16 ↓ -81%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $156.16 ↓ -81%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $156.16 ↓ -81%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $156.16 ↓ -81%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $156.16 ↓ -81%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $156.16 ↓ -81%

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Dihydroergotamine 0.05 mg/ml IV syringe - cnr at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $3,138.50 $85.75 – $715.60
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $523.29 $57.08 – $715.60
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $812.39 $34.36 – $156.16
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $2,986.55 $85.75 – $715.60
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $862.97 $85.75 – $715.60
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE $367.38 $57.08 – $715.60
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $3,045.90 $57.08 – $715.60
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING $3,026.04 $85.75 – $715.60

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