Mayo avwpr vw factor activity 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

$171.50

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.

$490.00

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.

$22.22 with Renaissance vs $490.00 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
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $22.22 ↓ -87%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $25.92 ↓ -85%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $25.92 ↓ -85%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $25.92 ↓ -85%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $25.92 ↓ -85%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $25.92 ↓ -85%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $26.44 ↓ -85%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $26.44 ↓ -85%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $26.44 ↓ -85%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $27.22 ↓ -84%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $29.81 ↓ -83%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Transplant $30.47 ↓ -82%
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $30.86 ↓ -82%
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $30.86 ↓ -82%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $30.86 ↓ -82%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $30.86 ↓ -82%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $30.86 ↓ -82%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $30.86 ↓ -82%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $31.17 ↓ -82%
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $31.48 ↓ -82%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $31.48 ↓ -82%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $31.79 ↓ -81%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $32.40 ↓ -81%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $33.02 ↓ -81%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $33.02 ↓ -81%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $34.73 ↓ -80%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $34.73 ↓ -80%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $35.51 ↓ -79%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $37.03 ↓ -78%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $37.03 ↓ -78%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $39.92 ↓ -77%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $41.66 ↓ -76%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $42.90 ↓ -75%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $43.20 ↓ -75%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $46.29 ↓ -73%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $46.29 ↓ -73%
United Commercial|PPO $46.29 ↓ -73%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $46.29 ↓ -73%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $46.29 ↓ -73%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $46.29 ↓ -73%
United Commercial|Charter $46.29 ↓ -73%
United Commercial|HMO $46.29 ↓ -73%
United Commercial|Exchange $46.29 ↓ -73%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $47.52 ↓ -72%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $50.92 ↓ -70%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $73.52 ↓ -57%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $80.87 ↓ -53%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $80.87 ↓ -53%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $81.13 ↓ -53%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $89.19 ↓ -48%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $100.30 ↓ -42%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $110.92 ↓ -35%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $118.50 ↓ -31%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $123.13 ↓ -28%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $132.30 ↓ -23%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $177.29 ↑ +3%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $200.90 ↑ +17%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $220.50 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Optum $230.30 ↑ +34%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $245.00 ↑ +43%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $269.50 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $269.50 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $269.50 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $294.00 ↑ +71%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $318.50 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $318.50 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $318.50 ↑ +86%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $343.00 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $343.00 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $343.00 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $367.50 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $404.84 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $416.50 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $490.00 ↑ +186%

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