Ghs urine, porphyrins quant 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

$66.15

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.

$189.00

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.

$10.59 with Renaissance vs $189.00 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 $10.59 ↓ -84%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $12.36 ↓ -81%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $12.36 ↓ -81%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $12.36 ↓ -81%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $12.36 ↓ -81%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $12.36 ↓ -81%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $12.61 ↓ -81%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $12.61 ↓ -81%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $12.61 ↓ -81%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $12.98 ↓ -80%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $14.21 ↓ -79%
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $14.71 ↓ -78%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $14.71 ↓ -78%
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $14.71 ↓ -78%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $14.71 ↓ -78%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $14.71 ↓ -78%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $14.71 ↓ -78%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $14.86 ↓ -78%
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $15.00 ↓ -77%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $15.00 ↓ -77%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $15.15 ↓ -77%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $15.45 ↓ -77%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $15.74 ↓ -76%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $15.74 ↓ -76%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $16.56 ↓ -75%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $16.56 ↓ -75%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $16.93 ↓ -74%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $17.65 ↓ -73%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $17.65 ↓ -73%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $19.03 ↓ -71%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $19.86 ↓ -70%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $20.45 ↓ -69%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $20.59 ↓ -69%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $22.07 ↓ -67%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $22.07 ↓ -67%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $22.07 ↓ -67%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $22.07 ↓ -67%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $22.07 ↓ -67%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $22.65 ↓ -66%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $24.27 ↓ -63%
United Commercial|PPO $27.24 ↓ -59%
United Commercial|Charter $27.24 ↓ -59%
United Commercial|HMO $27.24 ↓ -59%
United Commercial|Exchange $27.24 ↓ -59%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $35.52 ↓ -46%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $38.56 ↓ -42%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $38.56 ↓ -42%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $39.19 ↓ -41%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $42.51 ↓ -36%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $47.81 ↓ -28%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $51.03 ↓ -23%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $53.59 ↓ -19%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Transplant $54.75 ↓ -17%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $56.49 ↓ -15%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $58.69 ↓ -11%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $68.39 ↑ +3%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $77.49 ↑ +17%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $85.05 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Optum $88.83 ↑ +34%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $94.50 ↑ +43%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $103.95 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $103.95 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $103.95 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $113.40 ↑ +71%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $122.85 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $122.85 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $122.85 ↑ +86%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $132.30 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $132.30 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $132.30 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $141.75 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $156.16 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $160.65 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $189.00 ↑ +186%

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Ghs urine, porphyrins quant at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $66.15 $10.59 – $189.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $116.64 $12.36 – $59.93
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $12.36 – $59.93
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $127.80 $10.00 – $53.53
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $133.55 $8.82 – $64.24
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $129.66 $12.00 – $53.53
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $127.80 $10.00 – $53.53
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