Fine needle asp without image guide 10021 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

$219.80

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.

$628.00

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.

$54.45 with BCBS - TX vs $2,172.00 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
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $54.45 ↓ -75%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $54.46 ↓ -75%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $54.46 ↓ -75%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $54.46 ↓ -75%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $54.46 ↓ -75%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $54.46 ↓ -75%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $55.55 ↓ -75%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $55.55 ↓ -75%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $55.55 ↓ -75%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $57.18 ↓ -74%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $62.63 ↓ -72%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $63.93 ↓ -71%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $72.98 ↓ -67%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $72.98 ↓ -67%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $74.61 ↓ -66%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $83.87 ↓ -62%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $98.85 ↓ -55%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Transplant $101.17 ↓ -54%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $127.26 ↓ -42%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $135.55 ↓ -38%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $140.00 ↓ -36%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $154.00 ↓ -30%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $169.56 ↓ -23%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $169.92 ↓ -23%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $169.92 ↓ -23%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $227.22 ↑ +3%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $257.48 ↑ +17%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $282.60 ↑ +29%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $288.13 ↑ +31%
United Commercial|Optum $295.16 ↑ +34%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $314.00 ↑ +43%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $345.40 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $345.40 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $345.40 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $376.80 ↑ +71%
Independent Med System Commercial|All Plans $376.80 ↑ +71%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $387.00 ↑ +76%
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $400.18 ↑ +82%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $400.18 ↑ +82%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $400.18 ↑ +82%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $400.18 ↑ +82%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $400.18 ↑ +82%
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $400.18 ↑ +82%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $404.18 ↑ +84%
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $408.18 ↑ +86%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $408.18 ↑ +86%
PHCS Commercial|PPO $408.20 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $408.20 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $408.20 ↑ +86%
PHCS Savility Commercial|PPO $408.20 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $408.20 ↑ +86%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $412.19 ↑ +88%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $420.19 ↑ +91%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $428.19 ↑ +95%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $428.19 ↑ +95%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $439.60 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $439.60 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $439.60 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $439.60 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $471.00 ↑ +114%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $477.28 ↑ +117%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $480.22 ↑ +118%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $518.86 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $533.80 ↑ +143%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $540.24 ↑ +146%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $560.25 ↑ +155%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $578.01 ↑ +163%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $600.27 ↑ +173%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $600.27 ↑ +173%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $600.27 ↑ +173%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $600.27 ↑ +173%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $600.27 ↑ +173%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $616.28 ↑ +180%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $628.00 ↑ +186%
Aetna Commercial|KelseyCare $896.00 ↑ +308%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,079.00 ↑ +391%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $1,300.59 ↑ +492%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $1,361.70 ↑ +520%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,452.00 ↑ +561%
United Commercial|Charter $1,955.00 ↑ +789%
United Commercial|PPO $2,172.00 ↑ +888%
United Commercial|HMO $2,172.00 ↑ +888%

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Fine needle asp without image guide 10021 at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $219.80 $169.56 – $628.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $55.55 – $427.35
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $50.73 – $427.35
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $51.77 – $427.35
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $547.53 $51.77 – $987.79
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $554.39 $55.39 – $987.79
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