Kit ipg optimizer smart 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

$95,550.00

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.

$273,000.00

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.

$48,276.27 with BCBS - TX vs $229,887.00 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 $48,276.27 ↓ -49%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $48,276.27 ↓ -49%
Aetna Commercial|KelseyCare $57,471.75 ↓ -40%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $59,770.62 ↓ -37%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $59,770.62 ↓ -37%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $62,069.49 ↓ -35%
United Commercial|Exchange $62,069.49 ↓ -35%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $66,667.23 ↓ -30%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $66,667.23 ↓ -30%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $68,966.10 ↓ -28%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $68,966.10 ↓ -28%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $68,966.10 ↓ -28%
United Commercial|Charter $71,264.97 ↓ -25%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $75,862.71 ↓ -21%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $75,862.71 ↓ -21%
United Commercial|HMO $78,161.58 ↓ -18%
United Commercial|PPO $78,161.58 ↓ -18%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $83,173.12 ↓ -13%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $85,058.19 ↓ -11%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $94,253.67 ↓ -1%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $94,253.67 ↓ -1%
Humana Commercial|PPO $103,449.15 ↑ +8%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $103,449.15 ↑ +8%
Humana Commercial|HMO $103,449.15 ↑ +8%
United Commercial|Optum $108,046.89 ↑ +13%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $114,943.50 ↑ +20%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Transplant $126,437.85 ↑ +32%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $126,437.85 ↑ +32%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $126,437.85 ↑ +32%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $126,437.85 ↑ +32%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $137,932.20 ↑ +44%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $137,932.20 ↑ +44%
Independent Med System Commercial|All Plans $137,932.20 ↑ +44%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $149,426.55 ↑ +56%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $149,426.55 ↑ +56%
PHCS Commercial|PPO $149,426.55 ↑ +56%
PHCS Savility Commercial|PPO $149,426.55 ↑ +56%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $149,426.55 ↑ +56%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $160,920.90 ↑ +68%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $160,920.90 ↑ +68%
Healthsmart Commercial|AP3 $165,518.64 ↑ +73%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $172,415.25 ↑ +80%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $189,932.64 ↑ +99%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $195,403.95 ↑ +105%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $229,887.00 ↑ +141%

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Kit ipg optimizer smart at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $95,550.00 $48,276.27 – $229,887.00
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $46,737.60 not published
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $40,950.00 $40,950.00 – $245,700.00
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $95,550.00 $48,276.27 – $229,887.00
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $95,550.00 $48,276.27 – $229,887.00
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $95,550.00 $48,276.27 – $229,887.00
St. Luke's Health Memorial Livingston Livingston $40,950.00 $40,950.00 – $245,700.00
Covenant Medical Center Lubbock $46,737.60 not published

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