Ghs eyelid foreign body-embedded - bil 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

$354.20

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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.

$1,012.00

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.

$113.92 with Wellpoint vs $2,700.00 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 $113.92 ↓ -68%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $113.92 ↓ -68%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $113.92 ↓ -68%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $113.92 ↓ -68%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $113.92 ↓ -68%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $116.20 ↓ -67%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $116.20 ↓ -67%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $116.20 ↓ -67%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $119.62 ↓ -66%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $125.75 ↓ -64%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $131.01 ↓ -63%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $140.00 ↓ -60%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $147.61 ↓ -58%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Transplant $152.20 ↓ -57%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $152.65 ↓ -57%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $152.65 ↓ -57%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $154.00 ↓ -57%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $156.07 ↓ -56%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $175.44 ↓ -50%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $215.58 ↓ -39%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $228.26 ↓ -36%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $273.24 ↓ -23%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $293.86 ↓ -17%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $299.41 ↓ -15%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $299.41 ↓ -15%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $299.41 ↓ -15%
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $299.41 ↓ -15%
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $299.41 ↓ -15%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $299.41 ↓ -15%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $302.40 ↓ -15%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $305.40 ↓ -14%
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $305.40 ↓ -14%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $308.39 ↓ -13%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $313.00 ↓ -12%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $314.38 ↓ -11%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $320.37 ↓ -10%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $320.37 ↓ -10%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $355.43 ↑ +0%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $355.43 ↑ +0%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $359.29 ↑ +1%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $366.15 ↑ +3%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $387.00 ↑ +9%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $404.20 ↑ +14%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $414.92 ↑ +17%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $419.17 ↑ +18%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $437.45 ↑ +24%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $449.12 ↑ +27%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $449.12 ↑ +27%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $449.12 ↑ +27%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $449.12 ↑ +27%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $449.12 ↑ +27%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $455.40 ↑ +29%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $461.09 ↑ +30%
United Commercial|Optum $475.64 ↑ +34%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $506.00 ↑ +43%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $556.60 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $556.60 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $556.60 ↑ +57%
Independent Med System Commercial|All Plans $607.20 ↑ +71%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $607.20 ↑ +71%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $657.80 ↑ +86%
PHCS Savility Commercial|PPO $657.80 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $657.80 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $657.80 ↑ +86%
PHCS Commercial|PPO $657.80 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $708.40 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $708.40 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $708.40 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $708.40 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $759.00 ↑ +114%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $769.12 ↑ +117%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $836.12 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $860.20 ↑ +143%
Aetna Commercial|KelseyCare $896.00 ↑ +153%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $942.30 ↑ +166%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $973.08 ↑ +175%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $1,012.00 ↑ +186%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,079.00 ↑ +205%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,452.00 ↑ +310%
United Commercial|Charter $1,955.00 ↑ +452%
United Commercial|PPO $2,172.00 ↑ +513%
United Commercial|HMO $2,172.00 ↑ +513%
Humana Commercial|PPO $2,700.00 ↑ +662%
Humana Commercial|HMO $2,700.00 ↑ +662%

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Ghs eyelid foreign body-embedded - bil at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $354.20 $273.24 – $1,012.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $116.20 – $986.83
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $106.12 – $986.83
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $108.29 – $986.83
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $726.11 $170.85 – $4,826.69
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $536.77 $108.29 – $721.66
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $687.50 $71.00 – $1,031.26
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $501.04 $71.00 – $721.66

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