Ghs i and d abscess/hematoma scrotum 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

$1,547.35

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.

$4,421.00

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.

$686.75 with TCHP vs $7,221.00 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.

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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
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $686.75 ↓ -56%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $686.75 ↓ -56%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $686.75 ↓ -56%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $686.75 ↓ -56%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $686.75 ↓ -56%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $700.49 ↓ -55%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $700.49 ↓ -55%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $700.49 ↓ -55%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $721.09 ↓ -53%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $789.76 ↓ -49%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $920.25 ↓ -41%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $920.25 ↓ -41%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $940.85 ↓ -39%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $1,057.60 ↓ -32%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $1,193.67 ↓ -23%
Aetna Commercial|KelseyCare $1,195.00 ↓ -23%
Healthsmart Commercial|AP3 $1,285.00 ↓ -17%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $1,361.70 ↓ -12%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,438.00 ↓ -7%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $1,477.32 ↓ -5%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $1,488.10 ↓ -4%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $1,599.52 ↑ +3%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $1,629.83 ↑ +5%
Independent Med System Commercial|All Plans $1,675.00 ↑ +8%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $1,812.61 ↑ +17%
Humana Commercial|HMO $1,980.00 ↑ +28%
Humana Commercial|PPO $1,980.00 ↑ +28%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $1,989.45 ↑ +29%
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $2,051.83 ↑ +33%
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $2,051.83 ↑ +33%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $2,051.83 ↑ +33%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $2,051.83 ↑ +33%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $2,051.83 ↑ +33%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $2,051.83 ↑ +33%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $2,072.35 ↑ +34%
United Commercial|Optum $2,077.87 ↑ +34%
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $2,092.87 ↑ +35%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $2,092.87 ↑ +35%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $2,113.38 ↑ +37%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $2,142.66 ↑ +38%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $2,142.66 ↑ +38%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $2,154.42 ↑ +39%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $2,195.46 ↑ +42%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $2,195.46 ↑ +42%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $2,210.50 ↑ +43%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $2,431.55 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $2,431.55 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $2,431.55 ↑ +57%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $2,462.20 ↑ +59%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $2,609.00 ↑ +69%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Transplant $2,640.10 ↑ +71%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $2,652.60 ↑ +71%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $2,769.97 ↑ +79%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $2,872.56 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $2,873.65 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $2,873.65 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $2,873.65 ↑ +86%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $2,875.00 ↑ +86%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $2,958.49 ↑ +91%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $2,994.29 ↑ +94%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $3,077.74 ↑ +99%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $3,077.74 ↑ +99%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $3,077.74 ↑ +99%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $3,077.74 ↑ +99%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $3,077.74 ↑ +99%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $3,094.70 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $3,094.70 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $3,094.70 ↑ +100%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $3,094.70 ↑ +100%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $3,159.82 ↑ +104%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $3,315.75 ↑ +114%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $3,359.96 ↑ +117%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $3,613.96 ↑ +134%
United Commercial|Exchange $3,636.00 ↑ +135%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $3,652.64 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $3,757.85 ↑ +143%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $3,897.41 ↑ +152%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $4,421.00 ↑ +186%
United Commercial|Charter $4,896.00 ↑ +216%
PHCS Savility Commercial|PPO $5,185.00 ↑ +235%
PHCS Commercial|PPO $5,185.00 ↑ +235%
United Commercial|HMO $5,439.00 ↑ +252%
United Commercial|PPO $5,439.00 ↑ +252%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $6,668.45 ↑ +331%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $7,221.00 ↑ +367%

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Ghs i and d abscess/hematoma scrotum at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $1,547.35 $1,193.67 – $4,421.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $700.49 – $3,631.68
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $639.74 – $3,082.50
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $652.80 – $3,082.50
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $4,278.02 $652.80 – $5,347.52
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $4,955.71 $71.00 – $7,433.57
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $3,686.06 $71.00 – $5,045.72
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $4,278.02 $652.80 – $5,347.52

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