Ep & ablate ventric tachy 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

$30,095.80

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.

$85,988.00

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.

$2,670.00 with Aetna vs $85,988.00 with MHealth Network — 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
Aetna Commercial|KelseyCare $2,670.00 ↓ -91%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $3,212.00 ↓ -89%
Humana Commercial|PPO $4,300.00 ↓ -86%
Humana Commercial|HMO $4,300.00 ↓ -86%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $9,458.68 ↓ -69%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $9,458.68 ↓ -69%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $9,647.86 ↓ -68%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $10,461.00 ↓ -65%
United Commercial|Exchange $11,250.00 ↓ -63%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $11,527.00 ↓ -62%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $12,674.64 ↓ -58%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $12,958.40 ↓ -57%
United Commercial|Charter $15,148.00 ↓ -50%
United Commercial|PPO $16,832.00 ↓ -44%
United Commercial|HMO $16,832.00 ↓ -44%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $17,165.63 ↓ -43%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $17,691.87 ↓ -41%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $17,950.00 ↓ -40%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $18,800.45 ↓ -38%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $23,216.76 ↓ -23%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $24,572.04 ↓ -18%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $24,572.04 ↓ -18%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $24,572.04 ↓ -18%
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $24,572.04 ↓ -18%
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $24,572.04 ↓ -18%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $24,572.04 ↓ -18%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $24,817.76 ↓ -18%
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $25,063.48 ↓ -17%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $25,063.48 ↓ -17%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $25,309.20 ↓ -16%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $25,800.64 ↓ -14%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $26,292.08 ↓ -13%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $26,292.08 ↓ -13%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $28,954.00 ↓ -4%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $29,486.45 ↓ -2%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $29,511.09 ↓ -2%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $29,511.09 ↓ -2%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $31,110.46 ↑ +3%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $33,172.25 ↑ +10%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $34,126.90 ↑ +13%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $34,400.86 ↑ +14%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $35,255.08 ↑ +17%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $35,885.16 ↑ +19%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $36,858.06 ↑ +22%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $36,858.06 ↑ +22%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $36,858.06 ↑ +22%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $36,858.06 ↑ +22%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $36,858.06 ↑ +22%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $37,840.94 ↑ +26%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $38,694.60 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Optum $40,414.36 ↑ +34%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $41,279.25 ↑ +37%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $41,687.95 ↑ +39%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $47,293.40 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $47,293.40 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $47,293.40 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $51,592.80 ↑ +71%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $55,892.20 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $55,892.20 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $55,892.20 ↑ +86%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $60,191.60 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $60,191.60 ↑ +100%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $60,191.60 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $60,191.60 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $64,491.00 ↑ +114%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $65,350.88 ↑ +117%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $71,043.29 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $73,089.80 ↑ +143%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $79,859.13 ↑ +165%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $85,988.00 ↑ +186%

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Ep & ablate ventric tachy at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $56,697.36 $41,892.30 – $41,892.30
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $70,567.00 $35,557.37 – $35,557.37
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $30,095.80 $6,879.04 – $85,988.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $92,418.99 $35,557.37 – $35,557.37
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $46,556.12 $6,299.00 – $58,835.89
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $45,875.13 $9,442.63 – $68,812.70
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $38,098.43 $7,619.69 – $58,835.89
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $46,556.12 $12,414.96 – $58,835.89

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