Myocrd img pet 2rtracer CT at Baylor St Luke's Medical Center
1101 Bates Avenue, Houston, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1184622847
$4,308.50
Cash price 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.
$12,310.00
Gross charge 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.
$131.90 with BCBS - TX vs $12,310.00 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange | $131.90 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange | $141.80 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|Premier | $294.59 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|HMO | $347.35 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|PPO Trad | $384.72 | ↓ -91% |
| Renaissance | Commercial|All Plans | $1,406.64 | ↓ -67% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Other Plans | $1,953.66 | ↓ -55% |
| AETNA | Medicare|TRANSPLANT | $1,953.66 | ↓ -55% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|HMO | $1,953.66 | ↓ -55% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $1,953.66 | ↓ -55% |
| Humana | Medicare|TRANSPLANT | $1,953.66 | ↓ -55% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $1,953.66 | ↓ -55% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|PPO | $1,973.20 | ↓ -54% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $1,992.73 | ↓ -54% |
| UHC-SecureHorizons | Medicare|All Plans | $1,992.73 | ↓ -54% |
| Amerivantage | Medicare|All Plans | $2,012.27 | ↓ -53% |
| SELECTCARE | Medicare|All Plans | $2,051.34 | ↓ -52% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $2,090.42 | ↓ -51% |
| DEVOTED | Medicare|All Plans | $2,090.42 | ↓ -51% |
| KINDRED | Medicare|All Plans | $2,344.39 | ↓ -46% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $2,585.00 | ↓ -40% |
| KelseyCare | Commercial|Exchange | $2,637.44 | ↓ -39% |
| Employer Direct | Commercial|PPO | $2,735.12 | ↓ -37% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Transplant | $2,913.00 | ↓ -32% |
| Harris Health | Commercial|ERS | $2,930.49 | ↓ -32% |
| Superior Health Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,930.49 | ↓ -32% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $2,930.49 | ↓ -32% |
| Community Health Choice | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,930.49 | ↓ -32% |
| Community Health Choice | Commercial|Exchange | $2,930.49 | ↓ -32% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Exchange | $3,008.64 | ↓ -30% |
| OPTUM | Medicare|All Plans | $3,323.70 | ↓ -23% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Surefit | $3,385.00 | ↓ -21% |
| United | Commercial|Charter | $3,481.00 | ↓ -19% |
| Cigna | Commercial|HMO | $3,730.00 | ↓ -13% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $3,754.00 | ↓ -13% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $3,866.00 | ↓ -10% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $3,866.00 | ↓ -10% |
| OPTUM | Medicaid|STAR | $4,453.76 | ↑ +3% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $4,503.74 | ↑ +5% |
| TCHPCHIP | Medicaid|HMO | $5,047.10 | ↑ +17% |
| TCH | Commercial|Transplant | $5,539.50 | ↑ +29% |
| United | Commercial|Optum | $5,785.70 | ↑ +34% |
| Shell | Commercial|All Plans | $6,155.00 | ↑ +43% |
| NX Health | Commercial|PPO | $6,349.40 | ↑ +47% |
| CHC | Medicaid|CHIP | $6,770.50 | ↑ +57% |
| CHC | Medicaid|HMO | $6,770.50 | ↑ +57% |
| TEXASTRUECHOICE | Medicaid|CHIP | $6,770.50 | ↑ +57% |
| Cigna Lifesource | Commercial|Transplant | $7,386.00 | ↑ +71% |
| Aetna | Commercial|KelseyCare | $7,509.10 | ↑ +74% |
| Humana | Commercial|Transplant | $8,001.50 | ↑ +86% |
| Coventry | Commercial|PPO | $8,001.50 | ↑ +86% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $8,001.50 | ↑ +86% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Transplant | $8,617.00 | ↑ +100% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $8,617.00 | ↑ +100% |
| Interlink | Commercial|Transplant | $8,617.00 | ↑ +100% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|PPO | $8,617.00 | ↑ +100% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $9,232.50 | ↑ +114% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $9,370.00 | ↑ +117% |
| OPTUM | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $10,170.53 | ↑ +136% |
| USA Health Network | Commercial|All Plans | $10,463.50 | ↑ +143% |
| MHealth Network | Commercial|PPO | $12,310.00 | ↑ +186% |
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Myocrd img pet 2rtracer CT at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $4,308.50 | $154.99 – $12,310.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $193.46 – $5,225.95 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | not published | $193.46 – $5,225.95 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $193.46 – $5,225.95 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $3,300.60 | $219.84 – $5,371.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $3,300.60 | $369.33 – $5,371.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $3,300.60 | $369.33 – $5,371.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $3,300.60 | $251.72 – $5,371.00 |