Laparo new ureter/bladder 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

not published by hospital

Cash price

?

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

not published by hospital

Gross charge

?

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$2,222.00 with Aetna vs $33,891.29 with NX Health — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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.

Full explanation →

Payer
?

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.

Full explanation →
Plan
?

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.

Full explanation →
Negotiated rate vs. cash
Aetna Commercial|KelseyCare $2,222.00
Aetna Commercial|HMO $2,668.00
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $3,054.60
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $3,271.73
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $3,271.73
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $3,271.73
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $3,271.73
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $3,271.73
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $3,337.16
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $3,337.16
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $3,337.16
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $3,435.32
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $3,762.49
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $4,384.12
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $4,384.12
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $4,482.27
Independent Med System Commercial|All Plans $4,611.00
United Commercial|Exchange $4,848.00
CHC Medicaid|STAR $5,038.46
BCBS - TX Commercial|Transplant $5,355.18
Healthsmart Commercial|AP3 $5,460.00
Humana Commercial|HMO $5,850.00
Humana Commercial|PPO $5,850.00
United Commercial|Charter $6,527.00
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $7,067.01
United Commercial|HMO $7,252.00
United Commercial|PPO $7,252.00
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $7,455.00
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $7,508.22
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $7,740.06
Cigna Commercial|HMO $8,215.00
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $10,207.80
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $10,207.80
PHCS Savility Commercial|PPO $10,216.00
PHCS Commercial|PPO $10,216.00
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $10,428.09
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $10,428.09
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $10,428.09
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $10,428.09
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $10,428.09
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $10,428.09
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $10,532.37
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $10,636.65
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $10,636.65
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $10,740.93
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $10,949.49
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $11,158.06
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $11,158.06
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $12,513.71
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $14,049.89
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $14,077.92
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $14,599.33
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $14,894.78
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $15,642.14
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $15,642.14
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $15,642.14
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $15,642.14
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $15,642.14
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $16,059.26
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $17,162.74
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $18,508.84
Cigna Commercial|PPO $20,636.00
NX Health Commercial|PPO $33,891.29
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans not published by hospital
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO not published by hospital
Humana Commercial|Transplant not published by hospital
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO not published by hospital
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP not published by hospital
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant not published by hospital
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
TCH Commercial|Transplant not published by hospital
Cigna Commercial|Transplant not published by hospital
CHC Medicaid|CHIP not published by hospital
United Commercial|Optum not published by hospital
CHC Medicaid|HMO not published by hospital
First Health Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Interlink Commercial|Transplant not published by hospital
Coventry Commercial|PPO not published by hospital
Aetna Commercial|Transplant not published by hospital
Aetna Commercial|PPO not published by hospital
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO not published by hospital
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS not published by hospital
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR not published by hospital

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Laparo new ureter/bladder at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $3,337.16 – $17,246.88
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $3,047.81 – $14,638.81
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston not published $5,460.00 – $5,460.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $3,110.01 – $14,638.81
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $8,772.71 $71.00 – $25,500.18
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $7,975.19 $71.00 – $25,500.18
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $8,772.71 $85.00 – $25,500.18
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $8,772.71 $3,110.01 – $25,500.18

All Texas hospitals for this procedure →