Infect ag ia optc obs influenza 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

$51.10

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.

$146.00

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.

$11.92 with Renaissance vs $146.00 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 $11.92 ↓ -77%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $13.90 ↓ -73%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $13.90 ↓ -73%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $13.90 ↓ -73%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $13.90 ↓ -73%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $13.90 ↓ -73%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $14.18 ↓ -72%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $14.18 ↓ -72%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $14.18 ↓ -72%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $14.60 ↓ -71%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $15.98 ↓ -69%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $16.55 ↓ -68%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $16.55 ↓ -68%
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $16.55 ↓ -68%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $16.55 ↓ -68%
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $16.55 ↓ -68%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $16.55 ↓ -68%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $16.72 ↓ -67%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $16.88 ↓ -67%
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $16.88 ↓ -67%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $17.05 ↓ -67%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $17.38 ↓ -66%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $17.71 ↓ -65%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $17.71 ↓ -65%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $18.63 ↓ -64%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $18.63 ↓ -64%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $19.04 ↓ -63%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $19.86 ↓ -61%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $19.86 ↓ -61%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $21.41 ↓ -58%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $22.34 ↓ -56%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $23.00 ↓ -55%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $23.17 ↓ -55%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $24.82 ↓ -51%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $24.82 ↓ -51%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $24.82 ↓ -51%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $24.82 ↓ -51%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $24.82 ↓ -51%
United Commercial|HMO $24.83 ↓ -51%
United Commercial|PPO $24.83 ↓ -51%
United Commercial|Exchange $24.83 ↓ -51%
United Commercial|Charter $24.83 ↓ -51%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $25.49 ↓ -50%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $27.31 ↓ -47%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $39.42 ↓ -23%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $39.65 ↓ -22%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $43.37 ↓ -15%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $43.37 ↓ -15%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $43.75 ↓ -14%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Transplant $44.68 ↓ -13%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $47.83 ↓ -6%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $52.83 ↑ +3%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $53.79 ↑ +5%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $59.82 ↑ +17%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $59.86 ↑ +17%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $63.55 ↑ +24%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $65.70 ↑ +29%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $66.03 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Optum $68.62 ↑ +34%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $73.00 ↑ +43%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $80.30 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $80.30 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $80.30 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $87.60 ↑ +71%
Aetna Commercial|KelseyCare $89.06 ↑ +74%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $94.90 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $94.90 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $94.90 ↑ +86%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $102.20 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $102.20 ↑ +100%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $102.20 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $102.20 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $109.50 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $120.63 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $124.10 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $146.00 ↑ +186%

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Infect ag ia optc obs influenza at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $134.52 $13.90 – $68.28
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $51.10 $11.92 – $146.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $13.62 – $68.28
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $13.90 – $68.28
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $93.18 $10.00 – $116.47
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $95.32 $12.00 – $142.97
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $114.50 $12.00 – $143.13
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $93.18 $10.00 – $116.47

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