Morphometric analysis in situ hybridization computer-assisted per specimen each multiplex stain 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

$362.25

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.

$1,035.00

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.

$123.58 with Renaissance vs $1,039.29 with Cigna — 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 $123.58 ↓ -66%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $171.64 ↓ -53%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $171.64 ↓ -53%
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $171.64 ↓ -53%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $171.64 ↓ -53%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $171.64 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $171.64 ↓ -53%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $172.20 ↓ -52%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $173.36 ↓ -52%
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $175.07 ↓ -52%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $175.07 ↓ -52%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $176.79 ↓ -51%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $180.22 ↓ -50%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $183.65 ↓ -49%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $183.65 ↓ -49%
United Commercial|Charter $193.77 ↓ -47%
United Commercial|PPO $193.77 ↓ -47%
United Commercial|Exchange $193.77 ↓ -47%
United Commercial|HMO $193.77 ↓ -47%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $199.47 ↓ -45%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $205.97 ↓ -43%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $231.71 ↓ -36%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $240.30 ↓ -34%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $249.41 ↓ -31%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $257.46 ↓ -29%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $257.46 ↓ -29%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $257.46 ↓ -29%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $257.46 ↓ -29%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $257.46 ↓ -29%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $264.33 ↓ -27%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $279.45 ↓ -23%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $374.47 ↑ +3%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $414.72 ↑ +14%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $424.35 ↑ +17%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $465.75 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Optum $486.45 ↑ +34%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $517.50 ↑ +43%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $551.04 ↑ +52%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $557.83 ↑ +54%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $569.25 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $569.25 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $569.25 ↑ +57%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $572.57 ↑ +58%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $621.00 ↑ +71%
Aetna Commercial|KelseyCare $631.35 ↑ +74%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $672.75 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $672.75 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $672.75 ↑ +86%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $688.90 ↑ +90%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $724.50 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $724.50 ↑ +100%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $724.50 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $724.50 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $760.17 ↑ +110%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $776.25 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $855.12 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $879.75 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $1,035.00 ↑ +186%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,039.29 ↑ +187%

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Morphometric analysis in situ hybridization computer-assisted per specimen each multiplex stain at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $623.47 $149.16 – $3,097.77
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $664.00 $149.16 – $3,097.77
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $362.25 $193.77 – $1,035.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $259.20 $149.16 – $3,097.77
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,137.00 $10.00 – $690.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,137.00 $12.00 – $423.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,137.00 $12.00 – $423.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,137.00 $10.00 – $690.00

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