Insert/repl sq defib w/eltrd 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

$13,023.85

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.

$37,211.00

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.

$1,369.00 with Aetna vs $104,368.94 with NX Health — 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 $1,369.00 ↓ -89%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,648.00 ↓ -87%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $2,404.80 ↓ -82%
Humana Commercial|HMO $2,700.00 ↓ -79%
Humana Commercial|PPO $2,700.00 ↓ -79%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $3,309.00 ↓ -75%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $3,646.00 ↓ -72%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $9,158.00 ↓ -30%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $10,046.97 ↓ -23%
United Commercial|Exchange $10,290.00 ↓ -21%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $13,462.94 ↑ +3%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $15,256.51 ↑ +17%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $16,744.95 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Optum $17,489.17 ↑ +34%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $18,605.50 ↑ +43%
United Commercial|Charter $18,933.00 ↑ +45%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $20,466.05 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $20,466.05 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $20,466.05 ↑ +57%
United Commercial|HMO $21,036.00 ↑ +62%
United Commercial|PPO $21,036.00 ↑ +62%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $22,326.60 ↑ +71%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $23,084.98 ↑ +77%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $23,084.98 ↑ +77%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $23,084.98 ↑ +77%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $23,084.98 ↑ +77%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $23,084.98 ↑ +77%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $23,121.73 ↑ +78%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $23,546.68 ↑ +81%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $23,546.68 ↑ +81%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $23,546.68 ↑ +81%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $24,187.15 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $24,187.15 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $24,187.15 ↑ +86%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $24,239.23 ↑ +86%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $26,047.70 ↑ +100%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $26,047.70 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $26,047.70 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $26,047.70 ↑ +100%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $26,547.73 ↑ +104%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $27,117.42 ↑ +108%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $27,908.25 ↑ +114%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $28,280.36 ↑ +117%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $29,700.03 ↑ +128%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $30,743.73 ↑ +136%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $30,933.87 ↑ +138%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $30,933.87 ↑ +138%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $31,626.42 ↑ +143%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $31,629.35 ↑ +143%
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $32,113.52 ↑ +147%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $32,113.52 ↑ +147%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $32,113.52 ↑ +147%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $32,113.52 ↑ +147%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $32,113.52 ↑ +147%
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $32,113.52 ↑ +147%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $32,434.66 ↑ +149%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $32,755.79 ↑ +152%
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $32,755.79 ↑ +152%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $33,076.93 ↑ +154%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $33,719.20 ↑ +159%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $34,361.47 ↑ +164%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $34,361.47 ↑ +164%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $35,550.87 ↑ +173%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $37,211.00 ↑ +186%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $38,536.22 ↑ +196%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $43,353.25 ↑ +233%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $44,958.93 ↑ +245%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $48,170.28 ↑ +270%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $48,170.28 ↑ +270%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $48,170.28 ↑ +270%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $48,170.28 ↑ +270%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $48,170.28 ↑ +270%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $49,454.82 ↑ +280%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $53,912.01 ↑ +314%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $54,930.81 ↑ +322%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $65,856.59 ↑ +406%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $71,021.81 ↑ +445%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $72,025.14 ↑ +453%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $72,025.14 ↑ +453%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $104,368.94 ↑ +701%

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Insert/repl sq defib w/eltrd at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $127,611.06 $23,546.68 – $66,179.41
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $65,517.00 $21,505.02 – $56,171.79
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $13,023.85 $10,046.97 – $37,211.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $114,329.67 $21,943.90 – $56,171.79
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $55,859.92 $6,299.00 – $81,499.55
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $59,661.21 $12,280.27 – $89,491.82
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $43,759.87 $15,811.00 – $81,499.55
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $55,859.92 $21,943.90 – $81,499.55

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