Eeg during surgery 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

$574.35

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.

$1,641.00

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.

$100.00 with Cigna vs $1,867.00 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
Cigna Commercial|PPO $100.00 ↓ -83%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $100.00 ↓ -83%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $100.00 ↓ -83%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $187.11 ↓ -67%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $190.28 ↓ -67%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Transplant $222.57 ↓ -61%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $320.31 ↓ -44%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $340.93 ↓ -41%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $443.07 ↓ -23%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $491.57 ↓ -14%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $593.72 ↑ +3%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $672.81 ↑ +17%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $738.45 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Optum $771.27 ↑ +34%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $820.50 ↑ +43%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $902.55 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $902.55 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $902.55 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $984.60 ↑ +71%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $1,066.65 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,066.65 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $1,066.65 ↑ +86%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $1,148.70 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $1,148.70 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $1,148.70 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,230.75 ↑ +114%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,246.00 ↑ +117%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,355.80 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $1,394.85 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $1,641.00 ↑ +186%
United Commercial|Charter $1,678.00 ↑ +192%
United Commercial|HMO $1,867.00 ↑ +225%
United Commercial|PPO $1,867.00 ↑ +225%

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Eeg during surgery at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $574.35 $100.00 – $1,641.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $371.05 – $1,495.97
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $371.05 – $1,495.97
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $371.05 – $1,495.97
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $893.90 $253.27 – $1,266.36
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $893.90 $238.37 – $1,266.36
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $893.90 $238.37 – $1,266.36
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - GRAPEVINE Grapevine $893.90 $223.48 – $1,266.36

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