Electrophysiology evaluation at Baylor St Luke's Medical Center
1101 Bates Avenue, Houston, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1184622847
$4,373.60
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.
$12,496.00
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.
$875.49 with Renaissance vs $30,308.00 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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| Renaissance | Commercial|All Plans | $875.49 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange | $1,165.32 | ↓ -73% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange | $1,185.07 | ↓ -73% |
| Humana | Medicare|TRANSPLANT | $1,215.96 | ↓ -72% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|HMO | $1,215.96 | ↓ -72% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $1,215.96 | ↓ -72% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $1,215.96 | ↓ -72% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Other Plans | $1,215.96 | ↓ -72% |
| AETNA | Medicare|TRANSPLANT | $1,215.96 | ↓ -72% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|PPO | $1,228.12 | ↓ -72% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $1,240.28 | ↓ -72% |
| UHC-SecureHorizons | Medicare|All Plans | $1,240.28 | ↓ -72% |
| Amerivantage | Medicare|All Plans | $1,252.44 | ↓ -71% |
| SELECTCARE | Medicare|All Plans | $1,276.76 | ↓ -71% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $1,301.08 | ↓ -70% |
| DEVOTED | Medicare|All Plans | $1,301.08 | ↓ -70% |
| KINDRED | Medicare|All Plans | $1,459.15 | ↓ -67% |
| KelseyCare | Commercial|Exchange | $1,641.55 | ↓ -62% |
| Employer Direct | Commercial|PPO | $1,702.34 | ↓ -61% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|Transplant | $1,727.60 | ↓ -60% |
| Harris Health | Commercial|ERS | $1,823.94 | ↓ -58% |
| Community Health Choice | Commercial|Exchange | $1,823.94 | ↓ -58% |
| Community Health Choice | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,823.94 | ↓ -58% |
| Superior Health Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,823.94 | ↓ -58% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $1,823.94 | ↓ -58% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,862.60 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Exchange | $1,872.58 | ↓ -57% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|PPO Trad | $1,994.87 | ↓ -54% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|Premier | $2,123.25 | ↓ -51% |
| Aetna | Commercial|KelseyCare | $2,670.00 | ↓ -39% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|HMO | $3,061.44 | ↓ -30% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $3,212.00 | ↓ -27% |
| OPTUM | Medicare|All Plans | $3,373.92 | ↓ -23% |
| NX Health | Commercial|PPO | $3,951.87 | ↓ -10% |
| Humana | Commercial|HMO | $4,300.00 | ↓ -2% |
| Humana | Commercial|PPO | $4,300.00 | ↓ -2% |
| OPTUM | Medicaid|STAR | $4,521.06 | ↑ +3% |
| TCHPCHIP | Medicaid|HMO | $5,123.36 | ↑ +17% |
| TCH | Commercial|Transplant | $5,623.20 | ↑ +29% |
| United | Commercial|Optum | $5,873.12 | ↑ +34% |
| Shell | Commercial|All Plans | $6,248.00 | ↑ +43% |
| KelseyCare | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,466.00 | ↑ +48% |
| TEXASTRUECHOICE | Medicaid|CHIP | $6,872.80 | ↑ +57% |
| CHC | Medicaid|CHIP | $6,872.80 | ↑ +57% |
| CHC | Medicaid|HMO | $6,872.80 | ↑ +57% |
| Cigna Lifesource | Commercial|Transplant | $7,497.60 | ↑ +71% |
| Humana | Commercial|Transplant | $8,122.40 | ↑ +86% |
| Coventry | Commercial|PPO | $8,122.40 | ↑ +86% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $8,122.40 | ↑ +86% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $8,747.20 | ↑ +100% |
| Interlink | Commercial|Transplant | $8,747.20 | ↑ +100% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Transplant | $8,747.20 | ↑ +100% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|PPO | $8,747.20 | ↑ +100% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $9,372.00 | ↑ +114% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Transplant | $9,496.96 | ↑ +117% |
| OPTUM | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $10,324.20 | ↑ +136% |
| USA Health Network | Commercial|All Plans | $10,621.60 | ↑ +143% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $10,769.00 | ↑ +146% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Surefit | $10,950.00 | ↑ +150% |
| Cigna | Commercial|HMO | $12,066.00 | ↑ +176% |
| MHealth Network | Commercial|PPO | $12,496.00 | ↑ +186% |
| United | Commercial|Charter | $14,501.00 | ↑ +232% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $16,112.00 | ↑ +268% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $16,112.00 | ↑ +268% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $30,308.00 | ↑ +593% |
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Electrophysiology evaluation at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | $18,072.76 | $2,310.89 – $2,310.89 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $4,373.60 | $1,441.84 – $12,496.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | not published | $2,310.89 – $2,310.89 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $2,310.89 – $2,310.89 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $3,843.87 | $1,089.10 – $4,804.84 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $3,938.60 | $810.69 – $5,907.90 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $3,424.87 | $684.97 – $4,281.08 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $3,843.87 | $1,025.03 – $4,804.84 |