Drain blood from under nail 11740 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

$87.50

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.

$250.00

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.

$27.50 with Wellpoint vs $2,700.00 with Humana — 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 $27.50 ↓ -69%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $27.50 ↓ -69%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $27.50 ↓ -69%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $27.50 ↓ -69%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $27.50 ↓ -69%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $27.50 ↓ -69%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $28.05 ↓ -68%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $28.05 ↓ -68%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $28.05 ↓ -68%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $28.88 ↓ -67%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Transplant $29.54 ↓ -66%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $36.85 ↓ -58%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $36.85 ↓ -58%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $36.85 ↓ -58%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $37.68 ↓ -57%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $67.50 ↓ -23%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $85.80 ↓ -2%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $85.80 ↓ -2%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $90.45 ↑ +3%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $91.59 ↑ +5%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $92.96 ↑ +6%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $100.31 ↑ +15%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $102.50 ↑ +17%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $112.50 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Optum $117.50 ↑ +34%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $125.00 ↑ +43%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $129.11 ↑ +48%
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $129.11 ↑ +48%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $129.11 ↑ +48%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $129.11 ↑ +48%
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $129.11 ↑ +48%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $129.11 ↑ +48%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $130.40 ↑ +49%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $131.69 ↑ +51%
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $131.69 ↑ +51%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $132.98 ↑ +52%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $135.57 ↑ +55%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $137.50 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $137.50 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $137.50 ↑ +57%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $138.15 ↑ +58%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $138.15 ↑ +58%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $140.00 ↑ +60%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $150.00 ↑ +71%
Independent Med System Commercial|All Plans $150.00 ↑ +71%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $154.00 ↑ +76%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $154.93 ↑ +77%
PHCS Commercial|PPO $162.50 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $162.50 ↑ +86%
PHCS Savility Commercial|PPO $162.50 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $162.50 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $162.50 ↑ +86%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $174.30 ↑ +99%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $175.00 ↑ +100%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $175.00 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $175.00 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $175.00 ↑ +100%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $180.75 ↑ +107%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $182.08 ↑ +108%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $187.50 ↑ +114%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $188.56 ↑ +115%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $190.00 ↑ +117%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $193.67 ↑ +121%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $193.67 ↑ +121%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $193.67 ↑ +121%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $193.67 ↑ +121%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $193.67 ↑ +121%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $198.83 ↑ +127%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $206.55 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $212.50 ↑ +143%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $222.42 ↑ +154%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $239.87 ↑ +174%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $250.00 ↑ +186%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $387.00 ↑ +342%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $419.61 ↑ +380%
Aetna Commercial|KelseyCare $896.00 ↑ +924%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,079.00 ↑ +1133%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,452.00 ↑ +1559%
United Commercial|Charter $1,955.00 ↑ +2134%
United Commercial|HMO $2,172.00 ↑ +2382%
United Commercial|PPO $2,172.00 ↑ +2382%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $2,404.80 ↑ +2648%
Humana Commercial|PPO $2,700.00 ↑ +2986%
Humana Commercial|HMO $2,700.00 ↑ +2986%

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Drain blood from under nail 11740 at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $87.50 $20.00 – $250.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $223.51 – $223.51
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $134.32 – $189.71
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $189.71 – $189.71
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $257.18 $136.29 – $4,826.69
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $190.33 $53.93 – $316.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $173.21 $35.65 – $316.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $190.10 $38.02 – $316.45

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