Graft impl ult thck 6x12cm -cost per sq cm 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

$40,917.45

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.

$116,907.00

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.

$31.76 with BCBS - TX vs $1,554.00 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
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $31.76 ↓ -100%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $39.88 ↓ -100%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $50.11 ↓ -100%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $65.29 ↓ -100%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $70.58 ↓ -100%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $91.77 ↓ -100%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $96.75 ↓ -100%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $96.75 ↓ -100%
Aetna Commercial|KelseyCare $388.50 ↓ -99%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $404.04 ↓ -99%
United Commercial|Exchange $419.58 ↓ -99%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $419.58 ↓ -99%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $450.66 ↓ -99%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $450.66 ↓ -99%
United Commercial|Charter $481.74 ↓ -99%
United Commercial|HMO $528.36 ↓ -99%
United Commercial|PPO $528.36 ↓ -99%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $562.24 ↓ -99%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $574.98 ↓ -99%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $637.14 ↓ -98%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $637.14 ↓ -98%
Humana Commercial|PPO $699.30 ↓ -98%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $699.30 ↓ -98%
Humana Commercial|HMO $699.30 ↓ -98%
United Commercial|Optum $730.38 ↓ -98%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $777.00 ↓ -98%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Transplant $854.70 ↓ -98%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $854.70 ↓ -98%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $854.70 ↓ -98%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $854.70 ↓ -98%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $932.40 ↓ -98%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $932.40 ↓ -98%
Independent Med System Commercial|All Plans $932.40 ↓ -98%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,010.10 ↓ -98%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $1,010.10 ↓ -98%
PHCS Commercial|PPO $1,010.10 ↓ -98%
PHCS Savility Commercial|PPO $1,010.10 ↓ -98%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $1,010.10 ↓ -98%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $1,087.80 ↓ -97%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $1,087.80 ↓ -97%
Healthsmart Commercial|AP3 $1,118.88 ↓ -97%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,165.50 ↓ -97%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,283.92 ↓ -97%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $1,320.90 ↓ -97%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $1,554.00 ↓ -96%

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Graft impl ult thck 6x12cm -cost per sq cm at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $906.00 $51.33 – $303.01
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $40,917.45 $38.47 – $1,554.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $2,526.00 $51.33 – $303.01
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $51.33 – $303.01
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $27,603.28 $12.30 – $268.77
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $27,603.28 $8.94 – $65.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $27,603.28 $8.68 – $131.26
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $27,603.28 $11.58 – $268.77

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