Injection therapeutic/prophylactic/diagnostic subcutaneous/im 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

$306.60

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.

$876.00

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.

$37.66 with BCBS - TX vs $876.00 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 $37.66 ↓ -88%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $51.33 ↓ -83%
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $71.29 ↓ -77%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $71.29 ↓ -77%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $71.29 ↓ -77%
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $71.29 ↓ -77%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $71.29 ↓ -77%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $71.29 ↓ -77%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $71.35 ↓ -77%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $72.00 ↓ -77%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $72.56 ↓ -76%
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $72.72 ↓ -76%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $72.72 ↓ -76%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $73.43 ↓ -76%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $74.85 ↓ -76%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $76.28 ↓ -75%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $76.28 ↓ -75%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $85.55 ↓ -72%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $96.24 ↓ -69%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $99.81 ↓ -67%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $100.00 ↓ -67%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $100.00 ↓ -67%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $100.00 ↓ -67%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $103.69 ↓ -66%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $106.94 ↓ -65%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $106.94 ↓ -65%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $106.94 ↓ -65%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $106.94 ↓ -65%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $106.94 ↓ -65%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $109.79 ↓ -64%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $122.15 ↓ -60%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $130.01 ↓ -58%
United Commercial|Exchange $148.00 ↓ -52%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $187.46 ↓ -39%
United Commercial|Charter $199.00 ↓ -35%
United Commercial|PPO $221.00 ↓ -28%
United Commercial|HMO $221.00 ↓ -28%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $231.69 ↓ -24%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $236.52 ↓ -23%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $316.94 ↑ +3%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $359.16 ↑ +17%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $394.20 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Optum $411.72 ↑ +34%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $438.00 ↑ +43%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $481.80 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $481.80 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $481.80 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $525.60 ↑ +71%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $569.40 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $569.40 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $569.40 ↑ +86%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $613.20 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $613.20 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $613.20 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $657.00 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $723.76 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $744.60 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $876.00 ↑ +186%

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Injection therapeutic/prophylactic/diagnostic subcutaneous/im at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $306.60 $88.29 – $876.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $141.50 – $193.92
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $141.50 – $193.92
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $141.50 – $193.92
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $350.96 $232.81 – $232.81
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $192.72 $54.60 – $240.90
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $172.35 $35.48 – $258.52
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $197.78 $39.56 – $247.23

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