Ghs inj tendon origin/insertion 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

$184.80

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.

$528.00

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.

$25.24 with BCBS - TX vs $5,160.00 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
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $25.24 ↓ -86%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $25.63 ↓ -86%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $25.63 ↓ -86%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $25.63 ↓ -86%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $25.63 ↓ -86%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $25.63 ↓ -86%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $26.14 ↓ -86%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $26.14 ↓ -86%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $26.14 ↓ -86%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $26.91 ↓ -85%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $29.47 ↓ -84%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $29.62 ↓ -84%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $34.34 ↓ -81%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $34.34 ↓ -81%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $35.11 ↓ -81%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $39.47 ↓ -79%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Transplant $40.39 ↓ -78%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $45.81 ↓ -75%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $58.97 ↓ -68%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $62.81 ↓ -66%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $79.97 ↓ -57%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $79.97 ↓ -57%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $142.56 ↓ -23%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $191.04 ↑ +3%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $212.88 ↑ +15%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $216.48 ↑ +17%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $237.60 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Optum $248.16 ↑ +34%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $264.00 ↑ +43%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $290.40 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $290.40 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $290.40 ↑ +57%
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $295.67 ↑ +60%
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $295.67 ↑ +60%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $295.67 ↑ +60%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $295.67 ↑ +60%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $295.67 ↑ +60%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $295.67 ↑ +60%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $298.63 ↑ +62%
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $301.58 ↑ +63%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $301.58 ↑ +63%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $304.54 ↑ +65%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $310.45 ↑ +68%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $316.37 ↑ +71%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $316.37 ↑ +71%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $316.80 ↑ +71%
Independent Med System Commercial|All Plans $316.80 ↑ +71%
PHCS Savility Commercial|PPO $343.20 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $343.20 ↑ +86%
PHCS Commercial|PPO $343.20 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $343.20 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $343.20 ↑ +86%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $354.80 ↑ +92%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $369.60 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $369.60 ↑ +100%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $369.60 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $369.60 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $396.00 ↑ +114%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $399.15 ↑ +116%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $401.28 ↑ +117%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $413.94 ↑ +124%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $436.24 ↑ +136%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $436.92 ↑ +136%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $443.50 ↑ +140%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $443.50 ↑ +140%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $443.50 ↑ +140%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $443.50 ↑ +140%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $443.50 ↑ +140%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $448.80 ↑ +143%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $455.33 ↑ +146%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $528.00 ↑ +186%
Aetna Commercial|KelseyCare $896.00 ↑ +385%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $960.93 ↑ +420%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,079.00 ↑ +484%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,452.00 ↑ +686%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $1,864.00 ↑ +909%
United Commercial|Charter $1,955.00 ↑ +958%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $2,054.00 ↑ +1011%
United Commercial|HMO $2,172.00 ↑ +1075%
United Commercial|PPO $2,172.00 ↑ +1075%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $2,404.80 ↑ +1201%
Humana Commercial|PPO $4,300.00 ↑ +2227%
Humana Commercial|HMO $4,300.00 ↑ +2227%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $5,160.00 ↑ +2692%

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Ghs inj tendon origin/insertion at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $184.80 $142.56 – $528.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $26.14 – $198.04
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $23.87 – $309.89
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $24.36 – $198.04
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $431.07 $24.36 – $733.72
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $546.24 $26.07 – $819.36
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $438.38 $24.36 – $733.72
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $431.07 $24.36 – $733.72

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