Injection, doxercalciferol 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

$30.62

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.

$87.48

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.

$0.62 with BCBS - TX vs $62.73 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|MyBlue Health Exchange $0.62 ↓ -98%
United Commercial|Exchange $0.67 ↓ -98%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $0.78 ↓ -97%
United Commercial|PPO $0.91 ↓ -97%
United Commercial|Charter $0.91 ↓ -97%
United Commercial|HMO $0.91 ↓ -97%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $0.98 ↓ -97%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1.12 ↓ -96%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $1.18 ↓ -96%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $1.18 ↓ -96%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $1.28 ↓ -96%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $1.38 ↓ -95%
Aetna Commercial|KelseyCare $13.81 ↓ -55%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $16.31 ↓ -47%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $16.31 ↓ -47%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $16.94 ↓ -45%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $20.08 ↓ -34%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $20.71 ↓ -32%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $22.70 ↓ -26%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $25.72 ↓ -16%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $28.23 ↓ -8%
United Commercial|Optum $29.49 ↓ -4%
Humana Commercial|HMO $30.74 ↑ +0%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $30.74 ↑ +0%
Humana Commercial|PPO $30.74 ↑ +0%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $31.37 ↑ +2%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $34.51 ↑ +13%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $34.51 ↑ +13%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $34.51 ↑ +13%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $37.64 ↑ +23%
Independent Med System Commercial|All Plans $37.64 ↑ +23%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $40.78 ↑ +33%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $40.78 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $40.78 ↑ +33%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $43.92 ↑ +43%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $43.92 ↑ +43%
PHCS Savility Commercial|PPO $43.92 ↑ +43%
PHCS Commercial|PPO $43.92 ↑ +43%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $43.92 ↑ +43%
Healthsmart Commercial|AP3 $45.17 ↑ +48%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $47.05 ↑ +54%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $51.83 ↑ +69%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $53.33 ↑ +74%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $62.73 ↑ +105%

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Injection, doxercalciferol at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $30.62 $0.54 – $62.73
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $0.38 – $4.58
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $0.31 – $4.58
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $0.38 – $4.58
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $43.38 $0.43 – $41.83
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $30.62 $0.54 – $62.73
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $30.62 $0.54 – $62.73
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $30.62 $0.54 – $62.73

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