Ivp w/wo kub w/wo tomography 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

$881.30

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.

$2,518.00

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.

$115.03 with BCBS - TX vs $2,518.00 with MHealth Network — 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|MyBlue Health Exchange $115.03 ↓ -87%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $123.66 ↓ -86%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $128.38 ↓ -85%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $135.33 ↓ -85%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $137.00 ↓ -84%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $137.00 ↓ -84%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $138.04 ↓ -84%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $138.04 ↓ -84%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $139.74 ↓ -84%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $142.10 ↓ -84%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $157.55 ↓ -82%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $178.31 ↓ -80%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $178.31 ↓ -80%
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $178.31 ↓ -80%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $178.31 ↓ -80%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $178.31 ↓ -80%
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $178.31 ↓ -80%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $180.09 ↓ -80%
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $181.88 ↓ -79%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $181.88 ↓ -79%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $183.58 ↓ -79%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $183.66 ↓ -79%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $187.23 ↓ -79%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $187.69 ↓ -79%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $190.79 ↓ -78%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $190.79 ↓ -78%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $210.98 ↓ -76%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $213.97 ↓ -76%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $240.72 ↓ -73%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $249.63 ↓ -72%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $256.90 ↓ -71%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $267.46 ↓ -70%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $267.46 ↓ -70%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $267.46 ↓ -70%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $267.46 ↓ -70%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $267.46 ↓ -70%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $274.60 ↓ -69%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $276.98 ↓ -69%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $276.98 ↓ -69%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $298.72 ↓ -66%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $302.92 ↓ -66%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $335.51 ↓ -62%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $363.52 ↓ -59%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $371.16 ↓ -58%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $400.36 ↓ -55%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $427.44 ↓ -51%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $427.44 ↓ -51%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Transplant $443.70 ↓ -50%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $491.24 ↓ -44%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $579.51 ↓ -34%
United Commercial|Exchange $582.00 ↓ -34%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $679.86 ↓ -23%
United Commercial|Charter $782.00 ↓ -11%
United Commercial|HMO $869.00 ↓ -1%
United Commercial|PPO $869.00 ↓ -1%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $911.02 ↑ +3%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $1,032.38 ↑ +17%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $1,133.10 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Optum $1,183.46 ↑ +34%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $1,259.00 ↑ +43%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $1,384.90 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $1,384.90 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $1,384.90 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $1,510.80 ↑ +71%
Aetna Commercial|KelseyCare $1,535.98 ↑ +74%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $1,636.70 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,636.70 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $1,636.70 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,762.60 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $1,762.60 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $1,762.60 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $1,762.60 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,888.50 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $2,080.38 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $2,140.30 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $2,518.00 ↑ +186%

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Ivp w/wo kub w/wo tomography at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $3,087.15 $137.00 – $686.90
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $881.30 $135.16 – $2,518.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $5,184.36 $135.33 – $686.90
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $132.62 – $686.90
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $687.80 $135.33 – $859.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $823.10 $169.42 – $1,234.66
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $683.08 $135.33 – $853.85
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $687.80 $135.33 – $859.75

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