Mastoids complete 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

$106.40

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.

$304.00

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.

$33.44 with TCHP vs $869.00 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
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $33.44 ↓ -69%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $33.44 ↓ -69%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $44.81 ↓ -58%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $62.15 ↓ -42%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $62.81 ↓ -41%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $62.81 ↓ -41%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $63.39 ↓ -40%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $63.39 ↓ -40%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $64.07 ↓ -40%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $65.26 ↓ -39%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $72.23 ↓ -32%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $76.69 ↓ -28%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $82.08 ↓ -23%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $84.17 ↓ -21%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $86.05 ↓ -19%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $96.73 ↓ -9%
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $106.51 ↑ +0%
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $106.51 ↑ +0%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $106.51 ↑ +0%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $106.51 ↑ +0%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $106.51 ↑ +0%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $106.51 ↑ +0%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $107.58 ↑ +1%
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $108.64 ↑ +2%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $108.64 ↑ +2%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $109.71 ↑ +3%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $109.99 ↑ +3%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $111.84 ↑ +5%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $113.97 ↑ +7%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $113.97 ↑ +7%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Transplant $113.99 ↑ +7%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $124.64 ↑ +17%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $127.81 ↑ +20%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $134.50 ↑ +26%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $136.80 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Optum $142.88 ↑ +34%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $143.79 ↑ +35%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $144.58 ↑ +36%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $146.37 ↑ +38%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $149.11 ↑ +40%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $152.00 ↑ +43%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $159.76 ↑ +50%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $159.76 ↑ +50%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $159.76 ↑ +50%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $159.76 ↑ +50%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $159.76 ↑ +50%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $161.21 ↑ +52%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $164.03 ↑ +54%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $167.20 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $167.20 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $167.20 ↑ +57%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $182.06 ↑ +71%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $182.40 ↑ +71%
Aetna Commercial|KelseyCare $185.44 ↑ +74%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $195.97 ↑ +84%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $195.97 ↑ +84%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $197.60 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $197.60 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $197.60 ↑ +86%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $197.81 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $212.80 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $212.80 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $212.80 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $212.80 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $228.00 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $251.17 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $258.40 ↑ +143%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $300.37 ↑ +182%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $304.00 ↑ +186%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $304.00 ↑ +186%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $304.00 ↑ +186%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $346.16 ↑ +225%
United Commercial|Exchange $582.00 ↑ +447%
United Commercial|Charter $782.00 ↑ +635%
United Commercial|HMO $869.00 ↑ +717%
United Commercial|PPO $869.00 ↑ +717%

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Mastoids complete at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $106.40 $24.32 – $304.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $62.81 – $276.62
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $60.91 – $276.62
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $62.15 – $276.62
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $238.14 $62.15 – $297.68
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