Icd crtp serena MRI 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

$30,484.13

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.

$87,097.50

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.

$7,827.75 with BCBS - TX vs $37,275.00 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 $7,827.75 ↓ -74%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $7,827.75 ↓ -74%
Aetna Commercial|KelseyCare $9,318.75 ↓ -69%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $9,691.50 ↓ -68%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $9,691.50 ↓ -68%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $10,064.25 ↓ -67%
United Commercial|Exchange $10,064.25 ↓ -67%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $10,809.75 ↓ -65%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $10,809.75 ↓ -65%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $11,182.50 ↓ -63%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $11,182.50 ↓ -63%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $11,182.50 ↓ -63%
United Commercial|Charter $11,555.25 ↓ -62%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $12,300.75 ↓ -60%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $12,300.75 ↓ -60%
United Commercial|HMO $12,673.50 ↓ -58%
United Commercial|PPO $12,673.50 ↓ -58%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $13,486.10 ↓ -56%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $13,791.75 ↓ -55%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $15,282.75 ↓ -50%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $15,282.75 ↓ -50%
Humana Commercial|PPO $16,773.75 ↓ -45%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $16,773.75 ↓ -45%
Humana Commercial|HMO $16,773.75 ↓ -45%
United Commercial|Optum $17,519.25 ↓ -43%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $18,637.50 ↓ -39%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Transplant $20,501.25 ↓ -33%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $20,501.25 ↓ -33%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $20,501.25 ↓ -33%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $20,501.25 ↓ -33%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $22,365.00 ↓ -27%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $22,365.00 ↓ -27%
Independent Med System Commercial|All Plans $22,365.00 ↓ -27%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $24,228.75 ↓ -21%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $24,228.75 ↓ -21%
PHCS Commercial|PPO $24,228.75 ↓ -21%
PHCS Savility Commercial|PPO $24,228.75 ↓ -21%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $24,228.75 ↓ -21%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $26,092.50 ↓ -14%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $26,092.50 ↓ -14%
Healthsmart Commercial|AP3 $26,838.00 ↓ -12%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $27,956.25 ↓ -8%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $30,796.61 ↑ +1%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $31,683.75 ↑ +4%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $37,275.00 ↑ +22%

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Icd crtp serena MRI at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $30,484.13 $7,827.75 – $37,275.00
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $50,985.00 $74.06 – $21,668.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $50,985.00 $53.80 – $4,117.04
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $50,985.00 $52.28 – $348.52
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $50,985.00 $69.70 – $21,668.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $50,985.00 $83.91 – $21,668.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $50,985.00 $135.05 – $392.08
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $50,985.00 $87.13 – $21,668.62

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