Ghs ppd (tb intradermal) 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

$25.90

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.

$74.00

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.

$10.26 with OPTUM vs $79.72 with NX Health — 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
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $10.26 ↓ -60%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $13.75 ↓ -47%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Transplant $14.05 ↓ -46%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $15.58 ↓ -40%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $17.10 ↓ -34%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $17.66 ↓ -32%
United Commercial|Optum $17.86 ↓ -31%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $19.00 ↓ -27%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $20.90 ↓ -19%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $20.90 ↓ -19%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $20.90 ↓ -19%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $22.80 ↓ -12%
Aetna Commercial|KelseyCare $23.18 ↓ -11%
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $24.53 ↓ -5%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $24.53 ↓ -5%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $24.53 ↓ -5%
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $24.53 ↓ -5%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $24.53 ↓ -5%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $24.53 ↓ -5%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $24.70 ↓ -5%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $24.70 ↓ -5%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $24.70 ↓ -5%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $24.78 ↓ -4%
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $25.02 ↓ -3%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $25.02 ↓ -3%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $25.27 ↓ -2%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $25.50 ↓ -2%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $25.76 ↓ -1%
United Commercial|Charter $26.21 ↑ +1%
United Commercial|HMO $26.21 ↑ +1%
United Commercial|PPO $26.21 ↑ +1%
United Commercial|Exchange $26.21 ↑ +1%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $26.25 ↑ +1%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $26.25 ↑ +1%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $26.60 ↑ +3%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $26.60 ↑ +3%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $26.60 ↑ +3%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $26.60 ↑ +3%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $27.59 ↑ +7%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $28.13 ↑ +9%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $28.50 ↑ +10%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $29.44 ↑ +14%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $31.40 ↑ +21%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $31.96 ↑ +23%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $32.30 ↑ +25%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $33.12 ↑ +28%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $34.34 ↑ +33%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $36.80 ↑ +42%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $36.80 ↑ +42%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $36.80 ↑ +42%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $36.80 ↑ +42%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $36.80 ↑ +42%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $37.78 ↑ +46%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $38.00 ↑ +47%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $38.00 ↑ +47%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $38.00 ↑ +47%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $38.00 ↑ +47%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $38.48 ↑ +49%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $41.32 ↑ +60%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $79.72 ↑ +208%

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Ghs ppd (tb intradermal) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $110.78 $24.67 – $83.53
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $25.90 $10.26 – $38.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $24.67 – $83.53
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $24.67 – $83.53
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $136.40 $88.51 – $88.51
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $60.68 $9.44 – $73.76
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $60.68 $8.80 – $73.76
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $60.68 $8.93 – $73.76

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