Florbetaben f18 diagnostic at Baylor St Luke's Medical Center
1101 Bates Avenue, Houston, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1184622847
$2,454.20
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.
$7,012.00
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.
$918.59 with Renaissance vs $7,012.00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Renaissance | Commercial|All Plans | $918.59 | ↓ -63% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $1,275.82 | ↓ -48% |
| Humana | Medicare|TRANSPLANT | $1,275.82 | ↓ -48% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $1,275.82 | ↓ -48% |
| AETNA | Medicare|TRANSPLANT | $1,275.82 | ↓ -48% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Other Plans | $1,275.82 | ↓ -48% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|HMO | $1,275.82 | ↓ -48% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|PPO | $1,288.58 | ↓ -47% |
| UHC-SecureHorizons | Medicare|All Plans | $1,301.34 | ↓ -47% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $1,301.34 | ↓ -47% |
| Amerivantage | Medicare|All Plans | $1,314.09 | ↓ -46% |
| SELECTCARE | Medicare|All Plans | $1,339.61 | ↓ -45% |
| DEVOTED | Medicare|All Plans | $1,365.13 | ↓ -44% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $1,365.13 | ↓ -44% |
| KINDRED | Medicare|All Plans | $1,530.98 | ↓ -38% |
| KelseyCare | Commercial|Exchange | $1,722.36 | ↓ -30% |
| Employer Direct | Commercial|PPO | $1,786.15 | ↓ -27% |
| OPTUM | Medicare|All Plans | $1,893.24 | ↓ -23% |
| Community Health Choice | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,913.73 | ↓ -22% |
| Harris Health | Commercial|ERS | $1,913.73 | ↓ -22% |
| Superior Health Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,913.73 | ↓ -22% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $1,913.73 | ↓ -22% |
| Community Health Choice | Commercial|Exchange | $1,913.73 | ↓ -22% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $1,963.36 | ↓ -20% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Exchange | $1,964.76 | ↓ -20% |
| United | Commercial|Charter | $2,313.96 | ↓ -6% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange | $2,520.00 | ↑ +3% |
| OPTUM | Medicaid|STAR | $2,536.95 | ↑ +3% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $2,664.56 | ↑ +9% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $2,664.56 | ↑ +9% |
| TCHPCHIP | Medicaid|HMO | $2,874.92 | ↑ +17% |
| TCH | Commercial|Transplant | $3,155.40 | ↑ +29% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange | $3,164.00 | ↑ +29% |
| United | Commercial|Optum | $3,295.64 | ↑ +34% |
| Shell | Commercial|All Plans | $3,506.00 | ↑ +43% |
| CHC | Medicaid|HMO | $3,856.60 | ↑ +57% |
| CHC | Medicaid|CHIP | $3,856.60 | ↑ +57% |
| TEXASTRUECHOICE | Medicaid|CHIP | $3,856.60 | ↑ +57% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|Premier | $3,976.00 | ↑ +62% |
| NX Health | Commercial|PPO | $4,146.41 | ↑ +69% |
| Cigna Lifesource | Commercial|Transplant | $4,207.20 | ↑ +71% |
| Humana | Commercial|Transplant | $4,557.80 | ↑ +86% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $4,557.80 | ↑ +86% |
| Coventry | Commercial|PPO | $4,557.80 | ↑ +86% |
| Interlink | Commercial|Transplant | $4,908.40 | ↑ +100% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Transplant | $4,908.40 | ↑ +100% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|PPO | $4,908.40 | ↑ +100% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|HMO | $5,180.00 | ↑ +111% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $5,259.00 | ↑ +114% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|PPO Trad | $5,600.00 | ↑ +128% |
| OPTUM | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $5,793.32 | ↑ +136% |
| USA Health Network | Commercial|All Plans | $5,960.20 | ↑ +143% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $7,012.00 | ↑ +186% |
| MHealth Network | Commercial|PPO | $7,012.00 | ↑ +186% |
| Cigna | Commercial|HMO | $7,012.00 | ↑ +186% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Surefit | $7,012.00 | ↑ +186% |
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Florbetaben f18 diagnostic at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $2,454.20 | $1,818.93 – $7,012.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $2,614.71 – $10,908.80 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | not published | $2,614.71 – $10,908.80 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $2,614.71 – $10,908.80 |
| St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital | Spring | $2,454.20 | $1,818.93 – $7,012.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital | Sugar Land | $2,454.20 | $1,818.93 – $7,012.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital | The Woodlands | $2,454.20 | $1,818.93 – $7,012.00 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | not published | $10,780.00 – $10,780.00 |