Ghs speech-gen aug dev eval iii, st 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

$73.15

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.

$209.00

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.

$52.59 with BCBS - TX vs $620.00 with United — 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
BCBS - TX Commercial|Transplant $52.59 ↓ -28%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $56.43 ↓ -23%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $62.52 ↓ -15%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $63.58 ↓ -13%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $75.62 ↑ +3%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $85.69 ↑ +17%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $94.05 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Optum $98.23 ↑ +34%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $100.00 ↑ +37%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $100.00 ↑ +37%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $100.00 ↑ +37%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $104.50 ↑ +43%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $107.02 ↑ +46%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $113.91 ↑ +56%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $114.95 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $114.95 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $114.95 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $125.40 ↑ +71%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $135.85 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $135.85 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $135.85 ↑ +86%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $146.30 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $146.30 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $146.30 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $156.75 ↑ +114%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $164.24 ↑ +125%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $172.68 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $177.65 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $209.00 ↑ +186%
United Commercial|Exchange $415.00 ↑ +467%
United Commercial|Charter $560.00 ↑ +666%
United Commercial|HMO $620.00 ↑ +748%
United Commercial|PPO $620.00 ↑ +748%

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Ghs speech-gen aug dev eval iii, st at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $73.15 $56.43 – $209.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $46.82 – $102.73
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $46.82 – $102.73
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $46.82 – $102.73
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $162.65 $46.08 – $230.42
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $176.10 $36.25 – $264.15
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $165.91 $33.18 – $207.38
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $162.65 $43.37 – $230.42

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