Drainage mouth roof lesion at Baylor St Luke's Medical Center
1101 Bates Avenue, Houston, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1184622847
$211.75
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.
$605.00
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.
$92.13 with Wellpoint vs $7,221.00 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.
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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| Wellpoint | Medicaid|CHIP | $92.13 | ↓ -56% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $92.13 | ↓ -56% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $92.13 | ↓ -56% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $92.13 | ↓ -56% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $92.13 | ↓ -56% |
| UHC | Medicaid|CHIP | $93.97 | ↓ -56% |
| UHC | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $93.97 | ↓ -56% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $93.97 | ↓ -56% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|All Plans | $96.74 | ↓ -54% |
| CHC | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $105.95 | ↓ -50% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $123.45 | ↓ -42% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|STAR | $123.45 | ↓ -42% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STAR | $126.22 | ↓ -40% |
| CHC | Medicaid|STAR | $141.88 | ↓ -33% |
| OPTUM | Medicare|All Plans | $163.35 | ↓ -23% |
| Renaissance | Commercial|All Plans | $167.47 | ↓ -21% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange | $171.06 | ↓ -19% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange | $187.35 | ↓ -12% |
| OPTUM | Medicaid|STAR | $218.89 | ↑ +3% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|HMO | $232.60 | ↑ +10% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Other Plans | $232.60 | ↑ +10% |
| Humana | Medicare|TRANSPLANT | $232.60 | ↑ +10% |
| AETNA | Medicare|TRANSPLANT | $232.60 | ↑ +10% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $232.60 | ↑ +10% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $232.60 | ↑ +10% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|PPO | $234.93 | ↑ +11% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $237.25 | ↑ +12% |
| UHC-SecureHorizons | Medicare|All Plans | $237.25 | ↑ +12% |
| Amerivantage | Medicare|All Plans | $239.58 | ↑ +13% |
| SELECTCARE | Medicare|All Plans | $244.23 | ↑ +15% |
| TCHPCHIP | Medicaid|HMO | $248.05 | ↑ +17% |
| DEVOTED | Medicare|All Plans | $248.88 | ↑ +18% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $248.88 | ↑ +18% |
| TCH | Commercial|Transplant | $272.25 | ↑ +29% |
| KINDRED | Medicare|All Plans | $279.12 | ↑ +32% |
| United | Commercial|Optum | $284.35 | ↑ +34% |
| UHC | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $287.45 | ↑ +36% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $287.45 | ↑ +36% |
| Shell | Commercial|All Plans | $302.50 | ↑ +43% |
| KelseyCare | Commercial|Exchange | $314.01 | ↑ +48% |
| Employer Direct | Commercial|PPO | $325.64 | ↑ +54% |
| CHC | Medicaid|CHIP | $332.75 | ↑ +57% |
| CHC | Medicaid|HMO | $332.75 | ↑ +57% |
| TEXASTRUECHOICE | Medicaid|CHIP | $332.75 | ↑ +57% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|Premier | $340.08 | ↑ +61% |
| Superior Health Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $348.90 | ↑ +65% |
| Harris Health | Commercial|ERS | $348.90 | ↑ +65% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $348.90 | ↑ +65% |
| Community Health Choice | Commercial|Exchange | $348.90 | ↑ +65% |
| Community Health Choice | Commercial|All Other Plans | $348.90 | ↑ +65% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $353.79 | ↑ +67% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Exchange | $358.20 | ↑ +69% |
| Cigna Lifesource | Commercial|Transplant | $363.00 | ↑ +71% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|Transplant | $382.29 | ↑ +81% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $393.25 | ↑ +86% |
| Humana | Commercial|Transplant | $393.25 | ↑ +86% |
| Coventry | Commercial|PPO | $393.25 | ↑ +86% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|HMO | $415.43 | ↑ +96% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $423.50 | ↑ +100% |
| Interlink | Commercial|Transplant | $423.50 | ↑ +100% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|PPO | $423.50 | ↑ +100% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Transplant | $423.50 | ↑ +100% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|PPO Trad | $448.01 | ↑ +112% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $453.75 | ↑ +114% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Transplant | $459.80 | ↑ +117% |
| OPTUM | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $499.86 | ↑ +136% |
| USA Health Network | Commercial|All Plans | $514.25 | ↑ +143% |
| MHealth Network | Commercial|PPO | $605.00 | ↑ +186% |
| NX Health | Commercial|PPO | $755.95 | ↑ +257% |
| Aetna | Commercial|KelseyCare | $1,195.00 | ↑ +464% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|AP3 | $1,285.00 | ↑ +507% |
| KelseyCare | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,361.70 | ↑ +543% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $1,438.00 | ↑ +579% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $1,452.00 | ↑ +586% |
| Independent Med System | Commercial|All Plans | $1,675.00 | ↑ +691% |
| United | Commercial|Charter | $1,955.00 | ↑ +823% |
| Humana | Commercial|PPO | $1,980.00 | ↑ +835% |
| Humana | Commercial|HMO | $1,980.00 | ↑ +835% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $2,172.00 | ↑ +926% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $2,172.00 | ↑ +926% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Surefit | $2,609.00 | ↑ +1132% |
| Cigna | Commercial|HMO | $2,875.00 | ↑ +1258% |
| PHCS | Commercial|PPO | $5,185.00 | ↑ +2349% |
| PHCS Savility | Commercial|PPO | $5,185.00 | ↑ +2349% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $7,221.00 | ↑ +3310% |
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Drainage mouth roof lesion at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $211.75 | $163.35 – $605.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $93.97 – $417.46 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | not published | $85.83 – $354.33 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $87.58 – $354.33 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $641.66 | $87.58 – $802.08 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $613.99 | $71.00 – $920.98 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $601.96 | $71.00 – $752.45 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $641.66 | $87.58 – $802.08 |