Gi inhouse confirmation 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

$98.70

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.

$282.00

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.

$6.80 with Renaissance vs $282.00 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 $6.80 ↓ -93%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $7.93 ↓ -92%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $7.93 ↓ -92%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $7.93 ↓ -92%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $7.93 ↓ -92%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $7.93 ↓ -92%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $8.09 ↓ -92%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $8.09 ↓ -92%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $8.09 ↓ -92%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $8.33 ↓ -92%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $9.12 ↓ -91%
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $9.44 ↓ -90%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $9.44 ↓ -90%
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $9.44 ↓ -90%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $9.44 ↓ -90%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $9.44 ↓ -90%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $9.44 ↓ -90%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $9.53 ↓ -90%
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $9.63 ↓ -90%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $9.63 ↓ -90%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $9.72 ↓ -90%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $9.91 ↓ -90%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $10.10 ↓ -90%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $10.10 ↓ -90%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $10.63 ↓ -89%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $10.63 ↓ -89%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $10.86 ↓ -89%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $11.33 ↓ -89%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $11.33 ↓ -89%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $12.21 ↓ -88%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $12.74 ↓ -87%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $13.12 ↓ -87%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $13.22 ↓ -87%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $14.16 ↓ -86%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $14.16 ↓ -86%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $14.16 ↓ -86%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $14.16 ↓ -86%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $14.16 ↓ -86%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $14.54 ↓ -85%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $15.58 ↓ -84%
United Commercial|Exchange $17.49 ↓ -82%
United Commercial|PPO $17.49 ↓ -82%
United Commercial|HMO $17.49 ↓ -82%
United Commercial|Charter $17.49 ↓ -82%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $22.30 ↓ -77%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $24.60 ↓ -75%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $24.74 ↓ -75%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $24.74 ↓ -75%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $27.28 ↓ -72%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $30.68 ↓ -69%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $33.65 ↓ -66%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Transplant $35.11 ↓ -64%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $36.25 ↓ -63%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $37.67 ↓ -62%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $76.14 ↓ -23%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $102.03 ↑ +3%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $115.62 ↑ +17%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $126.90 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Optum $132.54 ↑ +34%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $141.00 ↑ +43%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $155.10 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $155.10 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $155.10 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $169.20 ↑ +71%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $183.30 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $183.30 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $183.30 ↑ +86%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $197.40 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $197.40 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $197.40 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $211.50 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $232.99 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $239.70 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $282.00 ↑ +186%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $98.70 $6.80 – $282.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $7.93 – $39.01
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $7.93 – $39.01
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $288.06 $8.50 – $36.34
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $153.28 $7.93 – $191.60
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $111.95 $12.00 – $167.92
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $111.95 $7.93 – $139.94
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $153.28 $7.93 – $191.60

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