Infectious agent nucleic acid multiplex amplified probe gi pathogen 12-25 targets 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

$1,002.05

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.

$2,863.00

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.

$300.08 with Renaissance vs $2,863.00 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 $300.08 ↓ -70%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $350.10 ↓ -65%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $350.10 ↓ -65%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $350.10 ↓ -65%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $350.10 ↓ -65%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $350.10 ↓ -65%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $357.10 ↓ -64%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $357.10 ↓ -64%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $357.10 ↓ -64%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $367.61 ↓ -63%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $402.62 ↓ -60%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $416.78 ↓ -58%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $416.78 ↓ -58%
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $416.78 ↓ -58%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $416.78 ↓ -58%
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $416.78 ↓ -58%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $416.78 ↓ -58%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $420.95 ↓ -58%
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $425.12 ↓ -58%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $425.12 ↓ -58%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $429.28 ↓ -57%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $437.62 ↓ -56%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $445.95 ↓ -55%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $445.95 ↓ -55%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $469.13 ↓ -53%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $469.13 ↓ -53%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $479.64 ↓ -52%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $500.14 ↓ -50%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $500.14 ↓ -50%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $539.15 ↓ -46%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $562.65 ↓ -44%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $579.32 ↓ -42%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $583.49 ↓ -42%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $625.17 ↓ -38%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $625.17 ↓ -38%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $625.17 ↓ -38%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $625.17 ↓ -38%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $625.17 ↓ -38%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $641.84 ↓ -36%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $687.69 ↓ -31%
United Commercial|PPO $771.83 ↓ -23%
United Commercial|Charter $771.83 ↓ -23%
United Commercial|HMO $771.83 ↓ -23%
United Commercial|Exchange $771.83 ↓ -23%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $773.01 ↓ -23%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $994.68 ↓ -1%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $1,035.84 ↑ +3%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,092.31 ↑ +9%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,092.31 ↑ +9%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $1,097.57 ↑ +10%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $1,173.83 ↑ +17%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $1,204.49 ↑ +20%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $1,288.35 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Optum $1,345.61 ↑ +34%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $1,354.54 ↑ +35%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $1,431.50 ↑ +43%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,500.60 ↑ +50%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $1,574.65 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $1,574.65 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $1,574.65 ↑ +57%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $1,600.44 ↑ +60%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $1,662.95 ↑ +66%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $1,717.80 ↑ +71%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,860.95 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $1,860.95 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $1,860.95 ↑ +86%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $2,004.10 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $2,004.10 ↑ +100%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $2,004.10 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $2,004.10 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,147.25 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $2,365.42 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $2,433.55 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $2,863.00 ↑ +186%

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Infectious agent nucleic acid multiplex amplified probe gi pathogen 12-25 targets at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $1,002.05 $300.08 – $2,863.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $350.10 – $1,714.55
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $343.10 – $1,714.55
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $350.10 – $1,714.55
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,426.16 $375.10 – $1,604.60
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $727.50 $10.00 – $1,000.27
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $727.50 $12.00 – $1,000.27
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $727.50 $12.00 – $1,000.27

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