Mayo infectious agent antigen immunoassay direct optical observation cryptococcus 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

$103.95

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.

$297.00

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.

$11.57 with Renaissance vs $297.00 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 $11.57 ↓ -89%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $13.50 ↓ -87%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $13.50 ↓ -87%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $13.50 ↓ -87%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $13.50 ↓ -87%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $13.50 ↓ -87%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $13.77 ↓ -87%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $13.77 ↓ -87%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $13.77 ↓ -87%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $14.18 ↓ -86%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $15.53 ↓ -85%
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $16.07 ↓ -85%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $16.07 ↓ -85%
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $16.07 ↓ -85%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $16.07 ↓ -85%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $16.07 ↓ -85%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $16.07 ↓ -85%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $16.23 ↓ -84%
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $16.39 ↓ -84%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $16.39 ↓ -84%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $16.55 ↓ -84%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $16.87 ↓ -84%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $17.19 ↓ -83%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $17.19 ↓ -83%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $18.09 ↓ -83%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $18.09 ↓ -83%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $18.50 ↓ -82%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $19.28 ↓ -81%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $19.28 ↓ -81%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $20.79 ↓ -80%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $21.69 ↓ -79%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $22.34 ↓ -79%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $22.50 ↓ -78%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $24.11 ↓ -77%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $24.11 ↓ -77%
United Commercial|HMO $24.11 ↓ -77%
United Commercial|Exchange $24.11 ↓ -77%
United Commercial|PPO $24.11 ↓ -77%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $24.11 ↓ -77%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $24.11 ↓ -77%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $24.11 ↓ -77%
United Commercial|Charter $24.11 ↓ -77%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $24.75 ↓ -76%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $26.52 ↓ -74%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $38.00 ↓ -63%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $41.93 ↓ -60%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $42.12 ↓ -59%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $42.12 ↓ -59%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Transplant $44.68 ↓ -57%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $46.44 ↓ -55%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $52.23 ↓ -50%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $57.33 ↓ -45%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $61.71 ↓ -41%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $64.12 ↓ -38%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $80.19 ↓ -23%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $107.46 ↑ +3%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $121.77 ↑ +17%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $133.65 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Optum $139.59 ↑ +34%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $148.50 ↑ +43%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $163.35 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $163.35 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $163.35 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $178.20 ↑ +71%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $193.05 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $193.05 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $193.05 ↑ +86%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $207.90 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $207.90 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $207.90 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $222.75 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $245.39 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $252.45 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $297.00 ↑ +186%

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Mayo infectious agent antigen immunoassay direct optical observation cryptococcus at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $103.95 $11.57 – $297.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $13.50 – $65.51
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $13.23 – $65.51
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $13.50 – $65.51
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $138.50 $14.46 – $61.87
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $81.04 $10.00 – $81.02
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $76.20 $12.00 – $97.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $76.20 $12.00 – $81.02

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