Hemoglobin fetal qualitative 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

$11.55

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.

$33.00

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.

$5.76 with Renaissance vs $33.00 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 $5.76 ↓ -50%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $6.72 ↓ -42%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $6.72 ↓ -42%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $6.72 ↓ -42%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $6.72 ↓ -42%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $6.72 ↓ -42%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $6.85 ↓ -41%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $6.85 ↓ -41%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $6.85 ↓ -41%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $7.06 ↓ -39%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $7.73 ↓ -33%
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $8.00 ↓ -31%
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $8.00 ↓ -31%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $8.00 ↓ -31%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $8.00 ↓ -31%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $8.00 ↓ -31%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $8.00 ↓ -31%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $8.08 ↓ -30%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $8.16 ↓ -29%
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $8.16 ↓ -29%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $8.24 ↓ -29%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $8.40 ↓ -27%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $8.56 ↓ -26%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $8.56 ↓ -26%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $8.91 ↓ -23%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $9.00 ↓ -22%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $9.00 ↓ -22%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $9.21 ↓ -20%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $9.60 ↓ -17%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $9.60 ↓ -17%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $10.35 ↓ -10%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $10.80 ↓ -6%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $11.12 ↓ -4%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $11.20 ↓ -3%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $11.94 ↑ +3%
United Commercial|Charter $12.00 ↑ +4%
United Commercial|HMO $12.00 ↑ +4%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $12.00 ↑ +4%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $12.00 ↑ +4%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $12.00 ↑ +4%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $12.00 ↑ +4%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $12.00 ↑ +4%
United Commercial|Exchange $12.00 ↑ +4%
United Commercial|PPO $12.00 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $12.32 ↑ +7%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $13.20 ↑ +14%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $13.53 ↑ +17%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $14.85 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Optum $15.51 ↑ +34%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $16.50 ↑ +43%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $18.15 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $18.15 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $18.15 ↑ +57%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $19.00 ↑ +65%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $19.80 ↑ +71%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $20.97 ↑ +82%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $20.97 ↑ +82%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $20.97 ↑ +82%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $21.45 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $21.45 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $21.45 ↑ +86%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Transplant $22.18 ↑ +92%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $23.10 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $23.10 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $23.10 ↑ +100%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $23.12 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $24.75 ↑ +114%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $26.00 ↑ +125%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $27.27 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $28.05 ↑ +143%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $28.67 ↑ +148%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $30.72 ↑ +166%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $31.92 ↑ +176%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $33.00 ↑ +186%

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Hemoglobin fetal qualitative at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $422.00 $6.59 – $33.47
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $11.55 $5.76 – $33.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $6.72 – $33.47
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $6.72 – $33.47
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $71.04 $6.72 – $88.80
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $80.56 $11.73 – $120.83
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $71.04 $6.72 – $88.80
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $71.04 $6.72 – $88.80

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