Interdiscal perq aspir dx 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

$378.00

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.

$1,080.00

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.

$271.00 with Wellpoint 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.

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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
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $271.00 ↓ -28%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $271.00 ↓ -28%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $271.00 ↓ -28%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $271.00 ↓ -28%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $271.00 ↓ -28%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $276.42 ↓ -27%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $276.42 ↓ -27%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $276.42 ↓ -27%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $284.55 ↓ -25%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $291.60 ↓ -23%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $311.65 ↓ -18%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $363.14 ↓ -4%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $363.14 ↓ -4%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $371.27 ↓ -2%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $390.75 ↑ +3%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $417.34 ↑ +10%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $442.80 ↑ +17%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $486.00 ↑ +29%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $507.41 ↑ +34%
United Commercial|Optum $507.60 ↑ +34%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $512.41 ↑ +36%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Transplant $517.06 ↑ +37%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $540.00 ↑ +43%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $561.21 ↑ +48%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $594.00 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $594.00 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $594.00 ↑ +57%
Independent Med System Commercial|All Plans $648.00 ↑ +71%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $648.00 ↑ +71%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $702.00 ↑ +86%
PHCS Savility Commercial|PPO $702.00 ↑ +86%
PHCS Commercial|PPO $702.00 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $702.00 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $702.00 ↑ +86%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $704.73 ↑ +86%
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $704.73 ↑ +86%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $704.73 ↑ +86%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $704.73 ↑ +86%
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $704.73 ↑ +86%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $704.73 ↑ +86%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $711.78 ↑ +88%
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $718.82 ↑ +90%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $718.82 ↑ +90%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $725.87 ↑ +92%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $739.97 ↑ +96%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $754.06 ↑ +99%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $754.06 ↑ +99%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $756.00 ↑ +100%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $756.00 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $756.00 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $756.00 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $810.00 ↑ +114%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $820.80 ↑ +117%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $845.52 ↑ +124%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $845.52 ↑ +124%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $845.68 ↑ +124%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $892.30 ↑ +136%
Aetna Commercial|KelseyCare $896.00 ↑ +137%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $918.00 ↑ +143%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $942.30 ↑ +149%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $951.39 ↑ +152%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $986.62 ↑ +161%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $1,018.72 ↑ +170%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $1,040.66 ↑ +175%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $1,057.10 ↑ +180%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $1,057.10 ↑ +180%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $1,057.10 ↑ +180%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $1,057.10 ↑ +180%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $1,057.10 ↑ +180%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,079.00 ↑ +185%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $1,080.00 ↑ +186%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $1,085.28 ↑ +187%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $1,244.42 ↑ +229%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $1,342.02 ↑ +255%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,452.00 ↑ +284%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $1,864.00 ↑ +393%
United Commercial|Charter $1,955.00 ↑ +417%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $2,054.00 ↑ +443%
United Commercial|PPO $2,172.00 ↑ +475%
United Commercial|HMO $2,172.00 ↑ +475%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $2,290.37 ↑ +506%
Humana Commercial|HMO $2,700.00 ↑ +614%
Humana Commercial|PPO $2,700.00 ↑ +614%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $5,160.00 ↑ +1265%

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Interdiscal perq aspir dx at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $3,431.00 $252.45 – $1,061.42
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $378.00 $291.60 – $1,080.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $276.42 – $1,250.52
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $257.60 – $1,061.42
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,732.40 $257.60 – $2,165.51
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,597.80 $71.00 – $2,975.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,518.79 $71.00 – $2,975.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,732.40 $257.60 – $2,165.51

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