Ghs ed rmvl or bivalving cast 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

$221.55

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.

$633.00

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.

$33.20 with Wellpoint vs $4,300.00 with Humana — 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
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $33.20 ↓ -85%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $33.20 ↓ -85%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $33.20 ↓ -85%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $33.20 ↓ -85%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $33.20 ↓ -85%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $33.86 ↓ -85%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $33.86 ↓ -85%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $33.86 ↓ -85%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $34.86 ↓ -84%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $37.19 ↓ -83%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $38.18 ↓ -83%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $43.65 ↓ -80%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $44.49 ↓ -80%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $44.49 ↓ -80%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $45.48 ↓ -79%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $51.13 ↓ -77%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Transplant $58.70 ↓ -74%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $67.50 ↓ -70%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $86.90 ↓ -61%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $92.56 ↓ -58%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $103.58 ↓ -53%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $103.58 ↓ -53%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $140.00 ↓ -37%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $154.00 ↓ -30%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $170.91 ↓ -23%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $191.53 ↓ -14%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $229.02 ↑ +3%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $259.53 ↑ +17%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $266.01 ↑ +20%
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $266.01 ↑ +20%
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $266.01 ↑ +20%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $266.01 ↑ +20%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $266.01 ↑ +20%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $266.01 ↑ +20%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $268.67 ↑ +21%
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $271.33 ↑ +22%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $271.33 ↑ +22%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $273.99 ↑ +24%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $279.31 ↑ +26%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $284.63 ↑ +28%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $284.63 ↑ +28%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $284.85 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Optum $297.51 ↑ +34%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $316.50 ↑ +43%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $319.21 ↑ +44%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $348.15 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $348.15 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $348.15 ↑ +57%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $359.11 ↑ +62%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $372.41 ↑ +68%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $379.80 ↑ +71%
Independent Med System Commercial|All Plans $379.80 ↑ +71%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $387.00 ↑ +75%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $399.01 ↑ +80%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $399.01 ↑ +80%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $399.01 ↑ +80%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $399.01 ↑ +80%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $399.01 ↑ +80%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $403.43 ↑ +82%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $409.66 ↑ +85%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $411.45 ↑ +86%
PHCS Savility Commercial|PPO $411.45 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $411.45 ↑ +86%
PHCS Commercial|PPO $411.45 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $411.45 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $443.10 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $443.10 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $443.10 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $443.10 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $474.75 ↑ +114%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $481.08 ↑ +117%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $522.99 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $538.05 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $633.00 ↑ +186%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $864.53 ↑ +290%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,452.00 ↑ +555%
United Commercial|Charter $1,955.00 ↑ +782%
United Commercial|HMO $2,172.00 ↑ +880%
United Commercial|PPO $2,172.00 ↑ +880%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $2,404.80 ↑ +985%
Humana Commercial|HMO $4,300.00 ↑ +1841%
Humana Commercial|PPO $4,300.00 ↑ +1841%

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Ghs ed rmvl or bivalving cast at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $221.55 $170.91 – $633.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $33.86 – $291.83
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $30.93 – $291.83
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $31.56 – $291.83
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $368.83 $31.56 – $665.29
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $351.46 $33.77 – $665.29
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $282.53 $31.56 – $665.29
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