Ghs sleep study unattended 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

$285.25

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.

$815.00

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.

$100.00 with Cigna vs $2,396.74 with BCBS - TX — 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
Cigna Commercial|HMO $100.00 ↓ -65%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $100.00 ↓ -65%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $100.00 ↓ -65%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $112.83 ↓ -60%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $152.67 ↓ -46%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $155.26 ↓ -46%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $156.71 ↓ -45%
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $156.71 ↓ -45%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $156.71 ↓ -45%
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $156.71 ↓ -45%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $156.71 ↓ -45%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $156.71 ↓ -45%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $158.28 ↓ -45%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $159.84 ↓ -44%
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $159.84 ↓ -44%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $161.41 ↓ -43%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $164.55 ↓ -42%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $167.68 ↓ -41%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $167.68 ↓ -41%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $188.05 ↓ -34%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $211.56 ↓ -26%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $219.39 ↓ -23%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $220.05 ↓ -23%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $233.47 ↓ -18%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $235.06 ↓ -18%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $235.06 ↓ -18%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $235.06 ↓ -18%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $235.06 ↓ -18%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $235.06 ↓ -18%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $241.33 ↓ -15%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $261.35 ↓ -8%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $278.17 ↓ -2%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $294.87 ↑ +3%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $334.15 ↑ +17%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $366.75 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Optum $383.05 ↑ +34%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $401.08 ↑ +41%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $407.50 ↑ +43%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $448.25 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $448.25 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $448.25 ↑ +57%
United Commercial|Exchange $475.00 ↑ +67%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $489.00 ↑ +71%
Aetna Commercial|KelseyCare $497.15 ↑ +74%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $509.31 ↑ +79%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $529.75 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $529.75 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $529.75 ↑ +86%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $570.50 ↑ +100%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $570.50 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $570.50 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $570.50 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $611.25 ↑ +114%
United Commercial|Charter $639.00 ↑ +124%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $673.36 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $692.75 ↑ +143%
United Commercial|HMO $713.00 ↑ +150%
United Commercial|PPO $713.00 ↑ +150%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $815.00 ↑ +186%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Transplant $2,396.74 ↑ +740%

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Ghs sleep study unattended at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $285.25 $100.00 – $815.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $302.75 – $1,163.83
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $302.75 – $1,163.83
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $302.75 – $1,163.83
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $503.38 $142.62 – $629.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $503.38 $103.61 – $2,062.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $503.38 $100.68 – $2,062.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $503.38 $134.24 – $2,062.00

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