Ins cerv dilator (sep proc) at Baylor St Luke's Medical Center
1101 Bates Avenue, Houston, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1184622847
$263.20
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.
$752.00
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.
$51.80 with BCBS - TX vs $5,160.00 with Cigna — 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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| BCBS - TX | Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange | $51.80 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange | $60.80 | ↓ -77% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|Transplant | $63.12 | ↓ -76% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|Premier | $94.02 | ↓ -64% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|HMO | $121.05 | ↓ -54% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|PPO Trad | $128.93 | ↓ -51% |
| OPTUM | Medicare|All Plans | $203.04 | ↓ -23% |
| Renaissance | Commercial|All Plans | $219.37 | ↓ -17% |
| OPTUM | Medicaid|STAR | $272.08 | ↑ +3% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|HMO | $304.68 | ↑ +16% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Other Plans | $304.68 | ↑ +16% |
| Humana | Medicare|TRANSPLANT | $304.68 | ↑ +16% |
| AETNA | Medicare|TRANSPLANT | $304.68 | ↑ +16% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $304.68 | ↑ +16% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $304.68 | ↑ +16% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|PPO | $307.73 | ↑ +17% |
| TCHPCHIP | Medicaid|HMO | $308.32 | ↑ +17% |
| UHC-SecureHorizons | Medicare|All Plans | $310.77 | ↑ +18% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $310.77 | ↑ +18% |
| Amerivantage | Medicare|All Plans | $313.82 | ↑ +19% |
| SELECTCARE | Medicare|All Plans | $319.91 | ↑ +22% |
| DEVOTED | Medicare|All Plans | $326.01 | ↑ +24% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $326.01 | ↑ +24% |
| TCH | Commercial|Transplant | $338.40 | ↑ +29% |
| United | Commercial|Optum | $353.44 | ↑ +34% |
| KINDRED | Medicare|All Plans | $365.62 | ↑ +39% |
| Shell | Commercial|All Plans | $376.00 | ↑ +43% |
| KelseyCare | Commercial|Exchange | $411.32 | ↑ +56% |
| CHC | Medicaid|HMO | $413.60 | ↑ +57% |
| CHC | Medicaid|CHIP | $413.60 | ↑ +57% |
| TEXASTRUECHOICE | Medicaid|CHIP | $413.60 | ↑ +57% |
| Employer Direct | Commercial|PPO | $426.55 | ↑ +62% |
| Cigna Lifesource | Commercial|Transplant | $451.20 | ↑ +71% |
| Independent Med System | Commercial|All Plans | $451.20 | ↑ +71% |
| Community Health Choice | Commercial|Exchange | $457.02 | ↑ +74% |
| Superior Health Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $457.02 | ↑ +74% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $457.02 | ↑ +74% |
| Community Health Choice | Commercial|All Other Plans | $457.02 | ↑ +74% |
| Harris Health | Commercial|ERS | $457.02 | ↑ +74% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Exchange | $469.21 | ↑ +78% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $471.65 | ↑ +79% |
| PHCS | Commercial|PPO | $488.80 | ↑ +86% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $488.80 | ↑ +86% |
| Coventry | Commercial|PPO | $488.80 | ↑ +86% |
| Humana | Commercial|Transplant | $488.80 | ↑ +86% |
| PHCS Savility | Commercial|PPO | $488.80 | ↑ +86% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $526.40 | ↑ +100% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|PPO | $526.40 | ↑ +100% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Transplant | $526.40 | ↑ +100% |
| Interlink | Commercial|Transplant | $526.40 | ↑ +100% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $564.00 | ↑ +114% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Transplant | $571.52 | ↑ +117% |
| OPTUM | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $621.31 | ↑ +136% |
| USA Health Network | Commercial|All Plans | $639.20 | ↑ +143% |
| MHealth Network | Commercial|PPO | $752.00 | ↑ +186% |
| Aetna | Commercial|KelseyCare | $896.00 | ↑ +240% |
| KelseyCare | Commercial|All Other Plans | $942.30 | ↑ +258% |
| NX Health | Commercial|PPO | $990.21 | ↑ +276% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $1,079.00 | ↑ +310% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $1,452.00 | ↑ +452% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Surefit | $1,864.00 | ↑ +608% |
| United | Commercial|Charter | $1,955.00 | ↑ +643% |
| Cigna | Commercial|HMO | $2,054.00 | ↑ +680% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $2,172.00 | ↑ +725% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $2,172.00 | ↑ +725% |
| Humana | Commercial|HMO | $2,700.00 | ↑ +926% |
| Humana | Commercial|PPO | $2,700.00 | ↑ +926% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $5,160.00 | ↑ +1860% |
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Ins cerv dilator (sep proc) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $263.20 | $203.04 – $752.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $406.49 – $406.49 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | not published | $307.65 – $406.49 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $406.49 – $406.49 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $683.71 | $95.15 – $854.64 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $682.65 | $71.00 – $2,975.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $664.66 | $71.00 – $2,975.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $683.71 | $182.32 – $854.64 |