Mayo organic acid methylmalonic single quantitative 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

$44.45

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.

$127.00

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.

$15.27 with Renaissance vs $127.00 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 $15.27 ↓ -66%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $17.82 ↓ -60%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $17.82 ↓ -60%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $17.82 ↓ -60%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $17.82 ↓ -60%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $17.82 ↓ -60%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $18.18 ↓ -59%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $18.18 ↓ -59%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $18.18 ↓ -59%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $18.71 ↓ -58%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $20.49 ↓ -54%
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $21.21 ↓ -52%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $21.21 ↓ -52%
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $21.21 ↓ -52%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $21.21 ↓ -52%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $21.21 ↓ -52%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $21.21 ↓ -52%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $21.42 ↓ -52%
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $21.63 ↓ -51%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $21.63 ↓ -51%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $21.85 ↓ -51%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $22.27 ↓ -50%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $22.69 ↓ -49%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $22.69 ↓ -49%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $23.88 ↓ -46%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $23.88 ↓ -46%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $24.41 ↓ -45%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $25.45 ↓ -43%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $25.45 ↓ -43%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $27.44 ↓ -38%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $28.63 ↓ -36%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $29.48 ↓ -34%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $29.69 ↓ -33%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $31.82 ↓ -28%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $31.82 ↓ -28%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $31.82 ↓ -28%
United Commercial|Charter $31.82 ↓ -28%
United Commercial|HMO $31.82 ↓ -28%
United Commercial|Exchange $31.82 ↓ -28%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $31.82 ↓ -28%
United Commercial|PPO $31.82 ↓ -28%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $31.82 ↓ -28%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $32.66 ↓ -27%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $34.29 ↓ -23%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $35.00 ↓ -21%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $45.95 ↑ +3%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $50.39 ↑ +13%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $52.07 ↑ +17%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $55.60 ↑ +25%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $55.60 ↑ +25%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $55.60 ↑ +25%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $57.15 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Optum $59.69 ↑ +34%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $61.30 ↑ +38%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Transplant $61.30 ↑ +38%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $63.50 ↑ +43%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $68.93 ↑ +55%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $69.85 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $69.85 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $69.85 ↑ +57%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $76.03 ↑ +71%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $76.20 ↑ +71%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $81.45 ↑ +83%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $82.55 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $82.55 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $82.55 ↑ +86%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $84.63 ↑ +90%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $88.90 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $88.90 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $88.90 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $95.25 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $104.93 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $107.95 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $127.00 ↑ +186%

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