Influenza virus vaccine, live trivalent intranasal 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

$8.70

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.

$24.83

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.

$2.87 with Renaissance vs $24.83 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 $2.87 ↓ -67%
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $3.98 ↓ -54%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $3.98 ↓ -54%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $3.98 ↓ -54%
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $3.98 ↓ -54%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $3.98 ↓ -54%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $3.98 ↓ -54%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $4.02 ↓ -54%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $4.06 ↓ -53%
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $4.06 ↓ -53%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $4.10 ↓ -53%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $4.18 ↓ -52%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $4.26 ↓ -51%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $4.26 ↓ -51%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $4.77 ↓ -45%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $5.37 ↓ -38%
Aetna Commercial|KelseyCare $5.47 ↓ -37%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $5.57 ↓ -36%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $5.96 ↓ -31%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $5.96 ↓ -31%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $5.96 ↓ -31%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $5.96 ↓ -31%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $5.96 ↓ -31%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $6.12 ↓ -30%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $6.46 ↓ -26%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $6.46 ↓ -26%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $6.71 ↓ -23%
United Commercial|Exchange $6.96 ↓ -20%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $7.95 ↓ -9%
United Commercial|Charter $8.20 ↓ -6%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $8.20 ↓ -6%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $8.94 ↑ +3%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $8.94 ↑ +3%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $8.94 ↑ +3%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $8.99 ↑ +3%
United Commercial|HMO $9.44 ↑ +9%
United Commercial|PPO $9.44 ↑ +9%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $10.19 ↑ +17%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $11.18 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Optum $11.68 ↑ +34%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $12.17 ↑ +40%
Humana Commercial|HMO $12.17 ↑ +40%
Humana Commercial|PPO $12.17 ↑ +40%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $12.42 ↑ +43%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $12.92 ↑ +49%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $13.66 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $13.66 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $13.66 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $14.90 ↑ +71%
Independent Med System Commercial|All Plans $14.90 ↑ +71%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $16.14 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $16.14 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $16.14 ↑ +86%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $17.39 ↑ +100%
PHCS Commercial|PPO $17.39 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $17.39 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $17.39 ↑ +100%
PHCS Savility Commercial|PPO $17.39 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|AP3 $17.88 ↑ +106%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $18.63 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $20.52 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $21.11 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $24.83 ↑ +185%

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Influenza virus vaccine, live trivalent intranasal at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $8.70 $1.61 – $24.83
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $28.87 – $228.50
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $29.71 – $228.50
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $28.87 – $228.50
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $8.70 $1.97 – $24.83
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $8.70 $3.98 – $27.44
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $8.70 $1.97 – $24.83
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $28.87 – $228.50

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