Ins cath ren art 1st bi 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

$6,549.90

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.

$18,714.00

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.

$1,195.00 with Aetna vs $18,714.00 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
Aetna Commercial|KelseyCare $1,195.00 ↓ -82%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $1,361.70 ↓ -79%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,438.00 ↓ -78%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $2,058.54 ↓ -69%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $2,058.54 ↓ -69%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $2,099.72 ↓ -68%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $2,269.87 ↓ -65%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $2,327.88 ↓ -64%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $2,549.58 ↓ -61%
Humana Commercial|PPO $2,700.00 ↓ -59%
Humana Commercial|HMO $2,700.00 ↓ -59%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $2,758.45 ↓ -58%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $2,820.20 ↓ -57%
United Commercial|Exchange $3,128.00 ↓ -52%
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $3,152.60 ↓ -52%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $3,152.60 ↓ -52%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $3,152.60 ↓ -52%
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $3,152.60 ↓ -52%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $3,152.60 ↓ -52%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $3,152.60 ↓ -52%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $3,184.13 ↓ -51%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $3,215.65 ↓ -51%
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $3,215.65 ↓ -51%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $3,247.18 ↓ -50%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $3,309.00 ↓ -49%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $3,310.23 ↓ -49%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $3,373.28 ↓ -48%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $3,373.28 ↓ -48%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Transplant $3,641.65 ↓ -44%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $3,646.00 ↓ -44%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $3,783.12 ↓ -42%
United Commercial|Charter $4,211.00 ↓ -36%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $4,256.01 ↓ -35%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $4,413.64 ↓ -33%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $4,628.04 ↓ -29%
United Commercial|HMO $4,680.00 ↓ -29%
United Commercial|PPO $4,680.00 ↓ -29%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $4,728.90 ↓ -28%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $4,728.90 ↓ -28%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $4,728.90 ↓ -28%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $4,728.90 ↓ -28%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $4,728.90 ↓ -28%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $4,787.23 ↓ -27%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $4,855.00 ↓ -26%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $5,052.78 ↓ -23%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $5,653.41 ↓ -14%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $6,096.82 ↓ -7%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $6,422.65 ↓ -2%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $6,422.65 ↓ -2%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $6,770.73 ↑ +3%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $7,672.74 ↑ +17%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $8,421.30 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Optum $8,795.58 ↑ +34%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $9,158.00 ↑ +40%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $9,357.00 ↑ +43%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $10,245.95 ↑ +56%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $10,292.70 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $10,292.70 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $10,292.70 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $11,228.40 ↑ +71%
Independent Med System Commercial|All Plans $11,228.40 ↑ +71%
PHCS Savility Commercial|PPO $12,164.10 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $12,164.10 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $12,164.10 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $12,164.10 ↑ +86%
PHCS Commercial|PPO $12,164.10 ↑ +86%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $13,099.80 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $13,099.80 ↑ +100%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $13,099.80 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $13,099.80 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $14,035.50 ↑ +114%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $14,222.64 ↑ +117%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $15,461.51 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $15,906.90 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $18,714.00 ↑ +186%

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Ins cath ren art 1st bi at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $10,816.79 $5,681.12 – $5,681.12
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $6,549.90 $1,497.12 – $18,714.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $8,020.43 $4,822.03 – $4,822.03
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $3,187.73 – $4,822.03
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $6,115.51 $1,732.73 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $6,815.98 $71.00 – $10,223.97
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $5,291.97 $71.00 – $7,896.23
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