Ghs layer closure 7.6 - 12.5 cm - 12034 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

$2,005.85

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.

$5,731.00

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.

$150.52 with Wellpoint 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
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $150.52 ↓ -92%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $150.52 ↓ -92%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $150.52 ↓ -92%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $150.52 ↓ -92%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $150.52 ↓ -92%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Transplant $151.73 ↓ -92%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $153.53 ↓ -92%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $153.53 ↓ -92%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $153.53 ↓ -92%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $158.05 ↓ -92%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $173.10 ↓ -91%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $201.70 ↓ -90%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $201.70 ↓ -90%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $206.21 ↓ -90%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $231.80 ↓ -88%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $268.39 ↓ -87%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $288.13 ↓ -86%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $293.95 ↓ -85%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $400.18 ↓ -80%
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $400.18 ↓ -80%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $400.18 ↓ -80%
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $400.18 ↓ -80%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $400.18 ↓ -80%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $400.18 ↓ -80%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $404.18 ↓ -80%
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $408.18 ↓ -80%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $408.18 ↓ -80%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $412.19 ↓ -79%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $420.19 ↓ -79%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $428.19 ↓ -79%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $428.19 ↓ -79%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $469.62 ↓ -77%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $469.62 ↓ -77%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $480.22 ↓ -76%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $533.58 ↓ -73%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $540.24 ↓ -73%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $560.25 ↓ -72%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $578.01 ↓ -71%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $600.27 ↓ -70%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $600.27 ↓ -70%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $600.27 ↓ -70%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $600.27 ↓ -70%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $600.27 ↓ -70%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $616.28 ↓ -69%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $651.80 ↓ -68%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $702.92 ↓ -65%
Aetna Commercial|KelseyCare $1,195.00 ↓ -40%
Healthsmart Commercial|AP3 $1,285.00 ↓ -36%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $1,300.59 ↓ -35%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $1,361.70 ↓ -32%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,438.00 ↓ -28%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,452.00 ↓ -28%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $1,547.37 ↓ -23%
Independent Med System Commercial|All Plans $1,675.00 ↓ -16%
United Commercial|Charter $1,955.00 ↓ -3%
Humana Commercial|HMO $1,980.00 ↓ -1%
Humana Commercial|PPO $1,980.00 ↓ -1%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $2,073.48 ↑ +3%
United Commercial|PPO $2,172.00 ↑ +8%
United Commercial|HMO $2,172.00 ↑ +8%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $2,349.71 ↑ +17%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $2,578.95 ↑ +29%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $2,609.00 ↑ +30%
United Commercial|Optum $2,693.57 ↑ +34%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $2,865.50 ↑ +43%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $2,875.00 ↑ +43%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $3,152.05 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $3,152.05 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $3,152.05 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $3,438.60 ↑ +71%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $3,725.15 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $3,725.15 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $3,725.15 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $4,011.70 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $4,011.70 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $4,011.70 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $4,011.70 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $4,298.25 ↑ +114%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $4,355.56 ↑ +117%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $4,734.96 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $4,871.35 ↑ +143%
PHCS Commercial|PPO $5,185.00 ↑ +158%
PHCS Savility Commercial|PPO $5,185.00 ↑ +158%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $5,731.00 ↑ +186%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $7,221.00 ↑ +260%

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Ghs layer closure 7.6 - 12.5 cm - 12034 at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $2,005.85 $1,285.00 – $5,731.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $153.53 – $655.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $140.22 – $555.95
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $143.08 – $555.95
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $2,253.74 $399.39 – $4,826.69
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $901.84 $143.08 – $1,127.30
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,021.55 $71.00 – $1,532.33
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $880.79 $71.00 – $1,100.98

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