Dstrj extensive retinopathy 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

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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.

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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.

$140.67 with TCHP vs $12,275.61 with NX Health — 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 $140.67
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $140.67
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $140.67
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $140.67
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $140.67
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $143.48
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $143.48
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $143.48
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $147.70
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $151.40
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $161.77
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $177.74
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $188.50
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $188.50
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $192.72
CHC Medicaid|STAR $216.63
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $274.83
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $353.83
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $376.87
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $438.89
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $438.89
Aetna Commercial|KelseyCare $896.00
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $942.30
Healthsmart Commercial|AP3 $958.00
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,079.00
Humana Commercial|HMO $1,494.00
Humana Commercial|PPO $1,494.00
Independent Med System Commercial|All Plans $1,675.00
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $1,864.00
Cigna Commercial|HMO $2,054.00
BCBS - TX Commercial|Transplant $2,581.06
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $2,719.52
United Commercial|Exchange $3,128.00
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $3,777.11
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $3,777.11
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $3,777.11
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $3,777.11
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $3,777.11
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $3,777.11
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $3,814.88
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $3,852.65
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $3,852.65
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $3,890.42
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $3,965.97
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $4,041.51
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $4,041.51
United Commercial|Charter $4,211.00
PHCS Savility Commercial|PPO $4,487.00
PHCS Commercial|PPO $4,487.00
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $4,532.53
United Commercial|PPO $4,680.00
United Commercial|HMO $4,680.00
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $5,099.10
Cigna Commercial|PPO $5,160.00
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $5,287.95
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $5,529.07
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $5,665.66
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $5,665.66
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $5,665.66
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $5,665.66
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $5,665.66
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $5,816.75
NX Health Commercial|PPO $12,275.61
Cigna Commercial|Transplant not published by hospital
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans not published by hospital
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO not published by hospital
Humana Commercial|Transplant not published by hospital
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO not published by hospital
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP not published by hospital
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant not published by hospital
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
TCH Commercial|Transplant not published by hospital
CHC Medicaid|CHIP not published by hospital
United Commercial|Optum not published by hospital
CHC Medicaid|HMO not published by hospital
First Health Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Interlink Commercial|Transplant not published by hospital
Coventry Commercial|PPO not published by hospital
Aetna Commercial|Transplant not published by hospital
Aetna Commercial|PPO not published by hospital
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO not published by hospital
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS not published by hospital
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR not published by hospital

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Dstrj extensive retinopathy at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $143.48 – $1,188.20
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $131.05 – $3,969.06
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston not published $958.00 – $958.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $133.72 – $1,188.20
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $3,041.24 $71.00 – $9,578.04
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $3,521.44 $71.00 – $9,578.04
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $3,041.24 $85.00 – $9,578.04
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $3,041.24 $133.72 – $9,578.04

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