Ghs chemo IV push, ea addtl 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

$299.60

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.

$856.00

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.

$51.33 with Renaissance vs $1,548.00 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
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $51.33 ↓ -83%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $70.16 ↓ -77%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $71.29 ↓ -76%
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $71.29 ↓ -76%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $71.29 ↓ -76%
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $71.29 ↓ -76%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $71.29 ↓ -76%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $71.29 ↓ -76%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $71.35 ↓ -76%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $72.00 ↓ -76%
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $72.72 ↓ -76%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $72.72 ↓ -76%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $73.43 ↓ -75%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $74.85 ↓ -75%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $76.28 ↓ -75%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $76.28 ↓ -75%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $85.55 ↓ -71%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $96.24 ↓ -68%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $99.81 ↓ -67%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $103.69 ↓ -65%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $106.94 ↓ -64%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $106.94 ↓ -64%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $106.94 ↓ -64%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $106.94 ↓ -64%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $106.94 ↓ -64%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $109.79 ↓ -63%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $120.11 ↓ -60%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $127.84 ↓ -57%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Transplant $132.61 ↓ -56%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $184.33 ↓ -38%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $231.12 ↓ -23%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $231.69 ↓ -23%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $273.92 ↓ -9%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $299.60 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $309.71 ↑ +3%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $350.96 ↑ +17%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $350.96 ↑ +17%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $385.20 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Optum $402.32 ↑ +34%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $428.00 ↑ +43%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $470.80 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $470.80 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $470.80 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $513.60 ↑ +71%
Aetna Commercial|KelseyCare $522.16 ↑ +74%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $556.40 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $556.40 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $556.40 ↑ +86%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $599.20 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $599.20 ↑ +100%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $599.20 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $599.20 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $642.00 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $707.23 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $727.60 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $856.00 ↑ +186%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,035.00 ↑ +245%
United Commercial|Charter $1,392.00 ↑ +365%
United Commercial|HMO $1,548.00 ↑ +417%
United Commercial|PPO $1,548.00 ↑ +417%

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Ghs chemo IV push, ea addtl at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $299.60 $86.81 – $856.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $139.14 – $548.85
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $139.14 – $548.85
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $139.14 – $548.85
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $369.86 $68.71 – $462.32
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $369.86 $76.13 – $801.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $382.34 $68.71 – $801.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $369.86 $68.71 – $801.00

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