Interrogate subq defib 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

$134.05

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.

$383.00

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.

$26.89 with Renaissance vs $1,971.00 with United — 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
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $26.89 ↓ -80%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $37.35 ↓ -72%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $37.35 ↓ -72%
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $37.35 ↓ -72%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $37.35 ↓ -72%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $37.35 ↓ -72%
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $37.35 ↓ -72%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $37.72 ↓ -72%
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $38.10 ↓ -72%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $38.10 ↓ -72%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $38.47 ↓ -71%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $39.22 ↓ -71%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $39.96 ↓ -70%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $39.96 ↓ -70%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $42.78 ↓ -68%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $43.50 ↓ -68%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $44.82 ↓ -67%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $50.42 ↓ -62%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $52.29 ↓ -61%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $56.02 ↓ -58%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $56.02 ↓ -58%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $56.02 ↓ -58%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $56.02 ↓ -58%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $56.02 ↓ -58%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $57.52 ↓ -57%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $62.27 ↓ -54%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $73.23 ↓ -45%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $77.94 ↓ -42%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $100.00 ↓ -25%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $100.00 ↓ -25%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $100.00 ↓ -25%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $103.41 ↓ -23%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $112.38 ↓ -16%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $121.39 ↓ -9%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $138.57 ↑ +3%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $157.03 ↑ +17%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $172.35 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Optum $180.01 ↑ +34%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $191.50 ↑ +43%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $210.65 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $210.65 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $210.65 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $229.80 ↑ +71%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $248.95 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $248.95 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $248.95 ↑ +86%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $268.10 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $268.10 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $268.10 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $287.25 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $316.44 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $325.55 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $383.00 ↑ +186%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,318.00 ↑ +883%
United Commercial|Charter $1,773.00 ↑ +1223%
United Commercial|HMO $1,971.00 ↑ +1370%
United Commercial|PPO $1,971.00 ↑ +1370%

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Interrogate subq defib at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $134.05 $52.93 – $383.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $84.82 – $200.16
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $84.82 – $200.16
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $84.82 – $200.16
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $155.53 $35.62 – $194.41
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $187.04 $38.50 – $917.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $154.90 $30.98 – $917.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $155.53 $35.62 – $917.00

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