Ghs sensitivity (per antimicro) 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

$54.95

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.

$157.00

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.

$5.39 with Renaissance vs $157.00 with MHealth Network — 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
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $5.39 ↓ -90%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $6.28 ↓ -89%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $6.28 ↓ -89%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $6.28 ↓ -89%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $6.28 ↓ -89%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $6.28 ↓ -89%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $6.41 ↓ -88%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $6.41 ↓ -88%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $6.41 ↓ -88%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $6.59 ↓ -88%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $7.22 ↓ -87%
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $7.48 ↓ -86%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $7.48 ↓ -86%
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $7.48 ↓ -86%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $7.48 ↓ -86%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $7.48 ↓ -86%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $7.48 ↓ -86%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $7.55 ↓ -86%
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $7.63 ↓ -86%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $7.63 ↓ -86%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $7.70 ↓ -86%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $7.85 ↓ -86%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $8.00 ↓ -85%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $8.00 ↓ -85%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $8.42 ↓ -85%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $8.42 ↓ -85%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $8.60 ↓ -84%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $8.98 ↓ -84%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $8.98 ↓ -84%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $9.67 ↓ -82%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $10.10 ↓ -82%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $10.40 ↓ -81%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $10.47 ↓ -81%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $11.22 ↓ -80%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $11.22 ↓ -80%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $11.22 ↓ -80%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $11.22 ↓ -80%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $11.22 ↓ -80%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $11.52 ↓ -79%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $12.34 ↓ -78%
United Commercial|Exchange $12.77 ↓ -77%
United Commercial|PPO $12.77 ↓ -77%
United Commercial|HMO $12.77 ↓ -77%
United Commercial|Charter $12.77 ↓ -77%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $18.17 ↓ -67%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $19.59 ↓ -64%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $19.59 ↓ -64%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $20.04 ↓ -64%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $21.62 ↓ -61%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $24.31 ↓ -56%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Transplant $25.68 ↓ -53%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $27.42 ↓ -50%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $28.72 ↓ -48%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $29.85 ↓ -46%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $42.39 ↓ -23%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $56.81 ↑ +3%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $64.37 ↑ +17%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $70.65 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Optum $73.79 ↑ +34%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $78.50 ↑ +43%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $86.35 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $86.35 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $86.35 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $94.20 ↑ +71%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $102.05 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $102.05 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $102.05 ↑ +86%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $109.90 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $109.90 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $109.90 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $117.75 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $129.72 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $133.45 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $157.00 ↑ +186%

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Ghs sensitivity (per antimicro) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $54.95 $5.39 – $157.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $6.28 – $30.66
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $6.28 – $30.66
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $99.71 $6.73 – $28.80
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $79.31 $6.28 – $99.14
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $98.18 $10.97 – $147.28
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $95.89 $6.28 – $119.86
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $79.31 $6.28 – $99.14

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