Mayo ld_i lactate dehydrogenase isoenzymes 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

$24.15

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.

$69.00

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.

$9.21 with Renaissance vs $69.00 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 $9.21 ↓ -62%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $10.74 ↓ -56%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $10.74 ↓ -56%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $10.74 ↓ -56%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $10.74 ↓ -56%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $10.74 ↓ -56%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $10.95 ↓ -55%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $10.95 ↓ -55%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $10.95 ↓ -55%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $11.28 ↓ -53%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $12.35 ↓ -49%
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $12.79 ↓ -47%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $12.79 ↓ -47%
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $12.79 ↓ -47%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $12.79 ↓ -47%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $12.79 ↓ -47%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $12.79 ↓ -47%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $12.92 ↓ -47%
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $13.05 ↓ -46%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $13.05 ↓ -46%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $13.17 ↓ -45%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $13.43 ↓ -44%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $13.69 ↓ -43%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $13.69 ↓ -43%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $14.39 ↓ -40%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $14.39 ↓ -40%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $14.71 ↓ -39%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $15.35 ↓ -36%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $15.35 ↓ -36%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $16.54 ↓ -32%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $17.27 ↓ -28%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $17.78 ↓ -26%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $17.91 ↓ -26%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $18.63 ↓ -23%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $19.18 ↓ -21%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $19.18 ↓ -21%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $19.18 ↓ -21%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $19.18 ↓ -21%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $19.18 ↓ -21%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $19.70 ↓ -18%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $21.10 ↓ -13%
United Commercial|PPO $23.70 ↓ -2%
United Commercial|Exchange $23.70 ↓ -2%
United Commercial|HMO $23.70 ↓ -2%
United Commercial|Charter $23.70 ↓ -2%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $24.97 ↑ +3%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $28.29 ↑ +17%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $30.58 ↑ +27%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $31.05 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Optum $32.43 ↑ +34%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $33.51 ↑ +39%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $33.51 ↑ +39%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $33.74 ↑ +40%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $34.50 ↑ +43%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $36.96 ↑ +53%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $37.95 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $37.95 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $37.95 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $41.40 ↑ +71%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $41.57 ↑ +72%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $44.85 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $44.85 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $44.85 ↑ +86%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $46.11 ↑ +91%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Transplant $47.66 ↑ +97%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $48.30 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $48.30 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $48.30 ↑ +100%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $49.11 ↑ +103%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $51.03 ↑ +111%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $51.75 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $57.01 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $58.65 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $69.00 ↑ +186%

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