Edu/train/pt/nonmd/in person/30 min98960 at Baylor St Luke's Medical Center
1101 Bates Avenue, Houston, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1184622847
$44.10
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.
$126.00
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.
$32.75 with BCBS - TX vs $526.00 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.
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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| BCBS - TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange | $32.75 | ↓ -26% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange | $33.30 | ↓ -24% |
| OPTUM | Medicare|All Plans | $34.02 | ↓ -23% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|Transplant | $42.85 | ↓ -3% |
| OPTUM | Medicaid|STAR | $45.59 | ↑ +3% |
| TCHPCHIP | Medicaid|HMO | $51.66 | ↑ +17% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|PPO Trad | $56.06 | ↑ +27% |
| TCH | Commercial|Transplant | $56.70 | ↑ +29% |
| United | Commercial|Optum | $59.22 | ↑ +34% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|Premier | $59.66 | ↑ +35% |
| Shell | Commercial|All Plans | $63.00 | ↑ +43% |
| TEXASTRUECHOICE | Medicaid|CHIP | $69.30 | ↑ +57% |
| CHC | Medicaid|HMO | $69.30 | ↑ +57% |
| CHC | Medicaid|CHIP | $69.30 | ↑ +57% |
| Cigna Lifesource | Commercial|Transplant | $75.60 | ↑ +71% |
| Humana | Commercial|Transplant | $81.90 | ↑ +86% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $81.90 | ↑ +86% |
| Coventry | Commercial|PPO | $81.90 | ↑ +86% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|HMO | $86.03 | ↑ +95% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Transplant | $88.20 | ↑ +100% |
| Interlink | Commercial|Transplant | $88.20 | ↑ +100% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|PPO | $88.20 | ↑ +100% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $94.50 | ↑ +114% |
| Cigna | Commercial|HMO | $100.00 | ↑ +127% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Surefit | $100.00 | ↑ +127% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $100.00 | ↑ +127% |
| OPTUM | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $104.11 | ↑ +136% |
| USA Health Network | Commercial|All Plans | $107.10 | ↑ +143% |
| MHealth Network | Commercial|PPO | $126.00 | ↑ +186% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $352.00 | ↑ +698% |
| United | Commercial|Charter | $475.00 | ↑ +977% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $526.00 | ↑ +1093% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $526.00 | ↑ +1093% |
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Edu/train/pt/nonmd/in person/30 min98960 at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $44.10 | $34.02 – $126.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $64.94 – $258.79 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | not published | $64.94 – $258.79 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $64.94 – $258.79 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $95.40 | $27.03 – $135.15 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $99.27 | $20.43 – $148.91 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $75.36 | $15.07 – $94.20 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $95.40 | $25.44 – $135.15 |