Doppler upper/lower extremity arteries limited bilateral 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

$885.85

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.

$2,531.00

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.

$92.96 with Renaissance vs $2,531.00 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 $92.96 ↓ -90%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $128.66 ↓ -85%
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $129.11 ↓ -85%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $129.11 ↓ -85%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $129.11 ↓ -85%
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $129.11 ↓ -85%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $129.11 ↓ -85%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $129.11 ↓ -85%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $130.40 ↓ -85%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $130.84 ↓ -85%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $131.69 ↓ -85%
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $131.69 ↓ -85%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $132.98 ↓ -85%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $135.57 ↓ -85%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $138.15 ↓ -84%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $138.15 ↓ -84%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $154.93 ↓ -83%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Transplant $170.35 ↓ -81%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $174.30 ↓ -80%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $180.75 ↓ -80%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $188.56 ↓ -79%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $193.67 ↓ -78%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $193.67 ↓ -78%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $193.67 ↓ -78%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $193.67 ↓ -78%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $193.67 ↓ -78%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $198.83 ↓ -78%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $220.16 ↓ -75%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $220.24 ↓ -75%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $234.41 ↓ -74%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $242.48 ↓ -73%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $297.52 ↓ -66%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $337.99 ↓ -62%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $419.61 ↓ -53%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $683.37 ↓ -23%
United Commercial|Exchange $760.00 ↓ -14%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $915.72 ↑ +3%
United Commercial|Charter $1,024.00 ↑ +16%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $1,037.71 ↑ +17%
United Commercial|HMO $1,135.00 ↑ +28%
United Commercial|PPO $1,135.00 ↑ +28%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $1,138.95 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Optum $1,189.57 ↑ +34%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $1,265.50 ↑ +43%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $1,392.05 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $1,392.05 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $1,392.05 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $1,518.60 ↑ +71%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $1,645.15 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $1,645.15 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,645.15 ↑ +86%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $1,771.70 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $1,771.70 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $1,771.70 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,898.25 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $2,091.12 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $2,151.35 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $2,531.00 ↑ +186%

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Doppler upper/lower extremity arteries limited bilateral at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $885.85 $159.18 – $2,531.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $2,203.80 $254.40 – $706.64
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $254.40 – $706.64
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $254.40 – $706.64
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $954.58 $419.77 – $419.77
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $608.33 $126.97 – $760.41
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $539.59 $111.06 – $1,117.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $547.85 $109.57 – $1,117.00

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