Ghs chemo infusion >8 hrs 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

$1,015.00

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.

$2,900.00

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.

$218.58 with BCBS - TX vs $2,900.00 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
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $218.58 ↓ -78%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $222.29 ↓ -78%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $239.21 ↓ -76%
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $332.23 ↓ -67%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $332.23 ↓ -67%
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $332.23 ↓ -67%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $332.23 ↓ -67%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $332.23 ↓ -67%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $332.23 ↓ -67%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $335.55 ↓ -67%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Transplant $338.33 ↓ -67%
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $338.87 ↓ -67%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $338.87 ↓ -67%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $342.20 ↓ -66%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $348.84 ↓ -66%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $355.49 ↓ -65%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $355.49 ↓ -65%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $374.18 ↓ -63%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $398.27 ↓ -61%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $398.68 ↓ -61%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $448.51 ↓ -56%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $465.12 ↓ -54%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $498.35 ↓ -51%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $498.35 ↓ -51%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $498.35 ↓ -51%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $498.35 ↓ -51%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $498.35 ↓ -51%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $511.63 ↓ -50%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $533.21 ↓ -47%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $574.24 ↓ -43%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $783.00 ↓ -23%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $928.00 ↓ -9%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $1,015.00 ↑ +0%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,035.00 ↑ +2%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $1,049.22 ↑ +3%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $1,079.75 ↑ +6%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $1,189.00 ↑ +17%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,189.00 ↑ +17%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $1,305.00 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Optum $1,363.00 ↑ +34%
United Commercial|Charter $1,392.00 ↑ +37%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $1,450.00 ↑ +43%
United Commercial|HMO $1,548.00 ↑ +53%
United Commercial|PPO $1,548.00 ↑ +53%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $1,595.00 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $1,595.00 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $1,595.00 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $1,740.00 ↑ +71%
Aetna Commercial|KelseyCare $1,769.00 ↑ +74%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $1,885.00 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,885.00 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $1,885.00 ↑ +86%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $2,030.00 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $2,030.00 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $2,030.00 ↑ +100%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $2,030.00 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,175.00 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $2,395.98 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $2,465.00 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $2,900.00 ↑ +186%

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Ghs chemo infusion >8 hrs at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $1,015.00 $270.45 – $2,900.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $433.46 – $1,799.08
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $433.46 – $1,799.08
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $433.46 – $1,799.08
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $503.81 $103.70 – $838.97
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $503.81 $100.76 – $838.97
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $503.81 $161.72 – $838.97
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $503.81 $260.30 – $838.97

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