Dxa bone density axl vrt fx 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

$191.45

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.

$547.00

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.

$51.79 with Wellpoint vs $869.00 with United — 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|STARKIDS $51.79 ↓ -73%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $51.79 ↓ -73%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $52.83 ↓ -72%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $53.46 ↓ -72%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $54.53 ↓ -72%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $54.53 ↓ -72%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $56.13 ↓ -71%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $59.56 ↓ -69%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $60.17 ↓ -69%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $60.17 ↓ -69%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $69.40 ↓ -64%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $70.95 ↓ -63%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $76.69 ↓ -60%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $79.76 ↓ -58%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $80.63 ↓ -58%
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $106.51 ↓ -44%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $106.51 ↓ -44%
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $106.51 ↓ -44%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $106.51 ↓ -44%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $106.51 ↓ -44%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $106.51 ↓ -44%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $107.58 ↓ -44%
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $108.64 ↓ -43%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $108.64 ↓ -43%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $109.71 ↓ -43%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $111.84 ↓ -42%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $113.69 ↓ -41%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $113.97 ↓ -40%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $113.97 ↓ -40%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $125.22 ↓ -35%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $127.81 ↓ -33%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $134.50 ↓ -30%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $143.79 ↓ -25%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $144.58 ↓ -24%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $147.69 ↓ -23%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $149.11 ↓ -22%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $153.66 ↓ -20%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $159.76 ↓ -17%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $159.76 ↓ -17%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $159.76 ↓ -17%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $159.76 ↓ -17%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $159.76 ↓ -17%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $161.58 ↓ -16%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $161.58 ↓ -16%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $164.03 ↓ -14%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $182.06 ↓ -5%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $197.91 ↑ +3%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $224.27 ↑ +17%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $246.15 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Optum $257.09 ↑ +34%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $273.50 ↑ +43%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $300.37 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $300.85 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $300.85 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $300.85 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $328.20 ↑ +71%
Aetna Commercial|KelseyCare $333.67 ↑ +74%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $346.16 ↑ +81%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $354.17 ↑ +85%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $355.55 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $355.55 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $355.55 ↑ +86%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $382.90 ↑ +100%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $382.90 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $382.90 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $382.90 ↑ +100%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $392.28 ↑ +105%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $410.25 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $451.94 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $464.95 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $547.00 ↑ +186%
United Commercial|Exchange $582.00 ↑ +204%
United Commercial|Charter $782.00 ↑ +308%
United Commercial|HMO $869.00 ↑ +354%
United Commercial|PPO $869.00 ↑ +354%

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Dxa bone density axl vrt fx at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $191.45 $43.76 – $547.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $2,512.79 $51.79 – $214.88
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $51.79 – $214.88
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $51.79 – $214.88
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $365.14 $53.46 – $456.43
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $293.20 $60.35 – $439.79
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $300.82 $53.46 – $376.03
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $365.14 $53.46 – $456.43

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