Mycoplasma antibody igm 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

$50.40

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.

$144.00

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.

$9.53 with Renaissance vs $144.00 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 $9.53 ↓ -81%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $11.12 ↓ -78%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $11.12 ↓ -78%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $11.12 ↓ -78%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $11.12 ↓ -78%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $11.12 ↓ -78%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $11.34 ↓ -78%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $11.34 ↓ -78%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $11.34 ↓ -78%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $11.68 ↓ -77%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $12.79 ↓ -75%
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $13.24 ↓ -74%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $13.24 ↓ -74%
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $13.24 ↓ -74%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $13.24 ↓ -74%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $13.24 ↓ -74%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $13.24 ↓ -74%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $13.37 ↓ -73%
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $13.50 ↓ -73%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $13.50 ↓ -73%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $13.64 ↓ -73%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $13.90 ↓ -72%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $14.17 ↓ -72%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $14.17 ↓ -72%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $14.90 ↓ -70%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $14.90 ↓ -70%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $15.23 ↓ -70%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $15.89 ↓ -68%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $15.89 ↓ -68%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $17.12 ↓ -66%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $17.87 ↓ -65%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $18.40 ↓ -63%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $18.54 ↓ -63%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $19.86 ↓ -61%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $19.86 ↓ -61%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $19.86 ↓ -61%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $19.86 ↓ -61%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $19.86 ↓ -61%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $20.39 ↓ -60%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $21.85 ↓ -57%
United Commercial|PPO $24.51 ↓ -51%
United Commercial|Charter $24.51 ↓ -51%
United Commercial|HMO $24.51 ↓ -51%
United Commercial|Exchange $24.51 ↓ -51%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $31.39 ↓ -38%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $34.64 ↓ -31%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $34.69 ↓ -31%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $34.69 ↓ -31%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $38.26 ↓ -24%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $38.88 ↓ -23%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $43.03 ↓ -15%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $47.36 ↓ -6%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Transplant $49.32 ↓ -2%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $50.84 ↑ +1%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $52.10 ↑ +3%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $52.83 ↑ +5%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $59.04 ↑ +17%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $64.80 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Optum $67.68 ↑ +34%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $72.00 ↑ +43%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $79.20 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $79.20 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $79.20 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $86.40 ↑ +71%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $93.60 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $93.60 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $93.60 ↑ +86%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $100.80 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $100.80 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $100.80 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $108.00 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $118.98 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $122.40 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $144.00 ↑ +186%

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Mycoplasma antibody igm at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $50.40 $9.53 – $144.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $11.12 – $54.38
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $10.90 – $54.38
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $11.12 – $54.38
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $75.48 $11.92 – $50.97
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $107.89 $10.00 – $134.87
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $107.77 $12.00 – $161.66
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $107.77 $11.12 – $134.72

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