Insert intrauterine device iud 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

$224.35

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.

$641.00

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.

$37.19 with BCBS - TX vs $2,700.00 with Humana — 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|Premier $37.19 ↓ -83%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $51.06 ↓ -77%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $59.94 ↓ -73%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $119.33 ↓ -47%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $127.10 ↓ -43%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $140.00 ↓ -38%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $154.00 ↓ -31%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $173.07 ↓ -23%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $231.92 ↑ +3%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $262.81 ↑ +17%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $288.45 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Optum $301.27 ↑ +34%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $320.50 ↑ +43%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $352.55 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $352.55 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $352.55 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $384.60 ↑ +71%
Independent Med System Commercial|All Plans $384.60 ↑ +71%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $387.00 ↑ +72%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $416.65 ↑ +86%
PHCS Commercial|PPO $416.65 ↑ +86%
PHCS Savility Commercial|PPO $416.65 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $416.65 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $416.65 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $448.70 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $448.70 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $448.70 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $448.70 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $480.75 ↑ +114%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $487.16 ↑ +117%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $529.60 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $544.85 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $641.00 ↑ +186%
Aetna Commercial|KelseyCare $896.00 ↑ +299%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $942.30 ↑ +320%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,079.00 ↑ +381%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Transplant $1,148.47 ↑ +412%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,452.00 ↑ +547%
United Commercial|Charter $1,955.00 ↑ +771%
United Commercial|PPO $2,172.00 ↑ +868%
United Commercial|HMO $2,172.00 ↑ +868%
Humana Commercial|PPO $2,700.00 ↑ +1103%
Humana Commercial|HMO $2,700.00 ↑ +1103%

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Insert intrauterine device iud at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $224.35 $173.07 – $641.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $43.06 – $508.94
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $38.55 – $508.94
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $43.06 – $508.94
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $378.83 $93.80 – $536.67
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $113.39 $23.34 – $170.09
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $667.61 $71.00 – $834.51
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $378.83 $68.82 – $536.67

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