Inject for sacroiliac joint 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

$1,614.55

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.

$4,613.00

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.

$0.02 with BCBS - TX vs $4,613.00 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|Transplant $0.02 ↓ -100%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $100.00 ↓ -94%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $100.00 ↓ -94%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $100.00 ↓ -94%
Aetna Commercial|KelseyCare $896.00 ↓ -45%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,079.00 ↓ -33%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $1,245.51 ↓ -23%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,452.00 ↓ -10%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $1,668.99 ↑ +3%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $1,891.33 ↑ +17%
United Commercial|Charter $1,955.00 ↑ +21%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $2,075.85 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Optum $2,168.11 ↑ +34%
United Commercial|HMO $2,172.00 ↑ +35%
United Commercial|PPO $2,172.00 ↑ +35%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $2,306.50 ↑ +43%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $2,537.15 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $2,537.15 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $2,537.15 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $2,767.80 ↑ +71%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $2,998.45 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $2,998.45 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $2,998.45 ↑ +86%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $3,229.10 ↑ +100%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $3,229.10 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $3,229.10 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $3,229.10 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $3,459.75 ↑ +114%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $3,505.88 ↑ +117%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $3,811.27 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $3,921.05 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $4,613.00 ↑ +186%

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Inject for sacroiliac joint at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $1,614.55 $100.00 – $4,613.00
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $836.40 $236.98 – $1,841.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,025.77 $211.14 – $1,841.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $932.51 $186.50 – $1,841.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $836.40 $223.04 – $1,841.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,025.77 $329.27 – $1,841.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,025.77 $529.98 – $2,181.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $932.51 $310.84 – $1,841.00

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