Ghs nerve block sciatic nerve 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

$606.90

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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.

$1,734.00

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.

$77.47 with Wellpoint 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
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $77.47 ↓ -87%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $77.47 ↓ -87%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $77.47 ↓ -87%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $77.47 ↓ -87%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $77.47 ↓ -87%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $79.02 ↓ -87%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $79.02 ↓ -87%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $79.02 ↓ -87%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $81.34 ↓ -87%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $82.34 ↓ -86%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $89.09 ↓ -85%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $96.66 ↓ -84%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $103.81 ↓ -83%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $103.81 ↓ -83%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $106.13 ↓ -83%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Transplant $118.02 ↓ -81%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $119.30 ↓ -80%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $149.47 ↓ -75%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $192.43 ↓ -68%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $204.96 ↓ -66%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $213.84 ↓ -65%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $241.71 ↓ -60%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $241.71 ↓ -60%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $286.55 ↓ -53%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $324.72 ↓ -46%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $356.40 ↓ -41%
United Commercial|Optum $372.24 ↓ -39%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $396.00 ↓ -35%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $435.60 ↓ -28%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $435.60 ↓ -28%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $435.60 ↓ -28%
Independent Med System Commercial|All Plans $475.20 ↓ -22%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $475.20 ↓ -22%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $499.42 ↓ -18%
PHCS Commercial|PPO $514.80 ↓ -15%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $514.80 ↓ -15%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $514.80 ↓ -15%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $514.80 ↓ -15%
PHCS Savility Commercial|PPO $514.80 ↓ -15%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $554.40 ↓ -9%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $554.40 ↓ -9%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $554.40 ↓ -9%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $554.40 ↓ -9%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $594.00 ↓ -2%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $601.92 ↓ -1%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $654.36 ↑ +8%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $673.20 ↑ +11%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $693.64 ↑ +14%
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $693.64 ↑ +14%
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $693.64 ↑ +14%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $693.64 ↑ +14%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $693.64 ↑ +14%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $693.64 ↑ +14%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $700.58 ↑ +15%
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $707.51 ↑ +17%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $707.51 ↑ +17%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $714.45 ↑ +18%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $728.32 ↑ +20%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $742.19 ↑ +22%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $742.19 ↑ +22%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $792.00 ↑ +30%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $832.37 ↑ +37%
Aetna Commercial|KelseyCare $896.00 ↑ +48%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $936.41 ↑ +54%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $942.30 ↑ +55%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $971.10 ↑ +60%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $1,040.46 ↑ +71%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $1,040.46 ↑ +71%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $1,040.46 ↑ +71%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $1,040.46 ↑ +71%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $1,040.46 ↑ +71%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $1,061.91 ↑ +75%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $1,068.21 ↑ +76%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,079.00 ↑ +78%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,452.00 ↑ +139%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $1,864.00 ↑ +207%
United Commercial|Charter $1,955.00 ↑ +222%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $2,054.00 ↑ +238%
United Commercial|HMO $2,172.00 ↑ +258%
United Commercial|PPO $2,172.00 ↑ +258%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $2,254.33 ↑ +271%
Humana Commercial|PPO $2,700.00 ↑ +345%
Humana Commercial|HMO $2,700.00 ↑ +345%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $5,160.00 ↑ +750%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $606.90 $213.84 – $792.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $79.02 – $646.19
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $72.17 – $712.64
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $73.64 – $646.19
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,922.03 $73.64 – $2,402.54
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,208.49 $71.00 – $3,312.73
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,206.40 $71.00 – $2,758.01
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,922.03 $73.64 – $2,402.54

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