Hematocrit 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

$77.70

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.

$222.00

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.

$1.71 with Renaissance vs $222.00 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 $1.71 ↓ -98%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $1.99 ↓ -97%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $1.99 ↓ -97%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $1.99 ↓ -97%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $1.99 ↓ -97%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $1.99 ↓ -97%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $2.03 ↓ -97%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $2.03 ↓ -97%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $2.03 ↓ -97%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $2.09 ↓ -97%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $2.29 ↓ -97%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $2.37 ↓ -97%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $2.37 ↓ -97%
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $2.37 ↓ -97%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $2.37 ↓ -97%
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $2.37 ↓ -97%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $2.37 ↓ -97%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $2.39 ↓ -97%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $2.42 ↓ -97%
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $2.42 ↓ -97%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $2.44 ↓ -97%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $2.49 ↓ -97%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $2.54 ↓ -97%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $2.54 ↓ -97%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $2.67 ↓ -97%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $2.67 ↓ -97%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $2.73 ↓ -96%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $2.84 ↓ -96%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $2.84 ↓ -96%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $3.06 ↓ -96%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $3.20 ↓ -96%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $3.29 ↓ -96%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $3.32 ↓ -96%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $3.56 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $3.56 ↓ -95%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $3.56 ↓ -95%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $3.56 ↓ -95%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $3.56 ↓ -95%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $3.65 ↓ -95%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $3.91 ↓ -95%
United Commercial|Charter $4.40 ↓ -94%
United Commercial|PPO $4.40 ↓ -94%
United Commercial|Exchange $4.40 ↓ -94%
United Commercial|HMO $4.40 ↓ -94%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $5.78 ↓ -93%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $6.21 ↓ -92%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $6.21 ↓ -92%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $6.37 ↓ -92%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $6.85 ↓ -91%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $7.70 ↓ -90%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $8.72 ↓ -89%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Transplant $8.82 ↓ -89%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $9.10 ↓ -88%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $9.46 ↓ -88%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $59.94 ↓ -23%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $80.32 ↑ +3%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $91.02 ↑ +17%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $99.90 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Optum $104.34 ↑ +34%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $111.00 ↑ +43%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $122.10 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $122.10 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $122.10 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $133.20 ↑ +71%
Aetna Commercial|KelseyCare $135.42 ↑ +74%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $144.30 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $144.30 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $144.30 ↑ +86%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $155.40 ↑ +100%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $155.40 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $155.40 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $155.40 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $166.50 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $183.42 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $188.70 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $222.00 ↑ +186%

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