Inj, clindamycin (baxter) at Baylor St Luke's Medical Center
1101 Bates Avenue, Houston, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1184622847
$28.04
Cash price 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.
$80.11
Gross charge 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.
$14.71 with Aetna vs $66.84 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Aetna | Commercial|KelseyCare | $14.71 | ↓ -48% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $17.38 | ↓ -38% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $17.38 | ↓ -38% |
| OPTUM | Medicare|All Plans | $18.05 | ↓ -36% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $18.72 | ↓ -33% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Transplant | $21.39 | ↓ -24% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $22.06 | ↓ -21% |
| United | Commercial|Charter | $22.06 | ↓ -21% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $24.07 | ↓ -14% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Surefit | $24.07 | ↓ -14% |
| Cigna | Commercial|HMO | $24.07 | ↓ -14% |
| OPTUM | Medicaid|STAR | $24.19 | ↓ -14% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $25.40 | ↓ -9% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $25.40 | ↓ -9% |
| TCHPCHIP | Medicaid|HMO | $27.41 | ↓ -2% |
| TCH | Commercial|Transplant | $30.08 | ↑ +7% |
| United | Commercial|Optum | $31.42 | ↑ +12% |
| Humana | Commercial|PPO | $32.76 | ↑ +17% |
| KelseyCare | Commercial|All Other Plans | $32.76 | ↑ +17% |
| Humana | Commercial|HMO | $32.76 | ↑ +17% |
| Shell | Commercial|All Plans | $33.42 | ↑ +19% |
| CHC | Medicaid|HMO | $36.77 | ↑ +31% |
| CHC | Medicaid|CHIP | $36.77 | ↑ +31% |
| TEXASTRUECHOICE | Medicaid|CHIP | $36.77 | ↑ +31% |
| Cigna Lifesource | Commercial|Transplant | $40.11 | ↑ +43% |
| Independent Med System | Commercial|All Plans | $40.11 | ↑ +43% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $43.45 | ↑ +55% |
| Coventry | Commercial|PPO | $43.45 | ↑ +55% |
| Humana | Commercial|Transplant | $43.45 | ↑ +55% |
| Interlink | Commercial|Transplant | $46.79 | ↑ +67% |
| PHCS | Commercial|PPO | $46.79 | ↑ +67% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Transplant | $46.79 | ↑ +67% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|PPO | $46.79 | ↑ +67% |
| PHCS Savility | Commercial|PPO | $46.79 | ↑ +67% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|AP3 | $48.13 | ↑ +72% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $50.13 | ↑ +79% |
| OPTUM | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $55.23 | ↑ +97% |
| USA Health Network | Commercial|All Plans | $56.82 | ↑ +103% |
| MHealth Network | Commercial|PPO | $66.84 | ↑ +138% |
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Inj, clindamycin (baxter) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $28.04 | $14.71 – $66.84 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $2.53 – $8.49 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | not published | $2.35 – $8.49 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $2.53 – $8.49 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $117.87 | $16.67 – $16.67 |
| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | $69.30 | $6.01 – $16.19 |
| St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin | Lufkin | $45.29 | $9.74 – $38.95 |
| St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital | Spring | $28.04 | $14.71 – $66.84 |