Nerve conduction 7-8 studies 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

$1,515.15

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.

$4,329.00

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.

$100.00 with Cigna vs $4,329.00 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
Cigna Commercial|PPO $100.00 ↓ -93%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $100.00 ↓ -93%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $100.00 ↓ -93%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $103.77 ↓ -93%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $105.53 ↓ -93%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $177.64 ↓ -88%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $189.07 ↓ -88%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $224.57 ↓ -85%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $272.61 ↓ -82%
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $311.90 ↓ -79%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $311.90 ↓ -79%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $311.90 ↓ -79%
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $311.90 ↓ -79%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $311.90 ↓ -79%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $311.90 ↓ -79%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $315.02 ↓ -79%
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $318.14 ↓ -79%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $318.14 ↓ -79%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $321.26 ↓ -79%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $327.49 ↓ -78%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $333.73 ↓ -78%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $333.73 ↓ -78%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $374.28 ↓ -75%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $421.06 ↓ -72%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $436.66 ↓ -71%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $442.58 ↓ -71%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $467.85 ↓ -69%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $467.85 ↓ -69%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $467.85 ↓ -69%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $467.85 ↓ -69%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $467.85 ↓ -69%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $480.33 ↓ -68%
United Commercial|Exchange $576.00 ↓ -62%
United Commercial|Charter $775.00 ↓ -49%
United Commercial|HMO $861.00 ↓ -43%
United Commercial|PPO $861.00 ↓ -43%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $1,013.67 ↓ -33%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $1,168.83 ↓ -23%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $1,566.24 ↑ +3%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $1,774.89 ↑ +17%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $1,948.05 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Optum $2,034.63 ↑ +34%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $2,164.50 ↑ +43%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $2,380.95 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $2,380.95 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $2,380.95 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $2,597.40 ↑ +71%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $2,813.85 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $2,813.85 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $2,813.85 ↑ +86%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $3,030.30 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $3,030.30 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $3,030.30 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $3,246.75 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $3,576.62 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $3,679.65 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $4,329.00 ↑ +186%

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Nerve conduction 7-8 studies at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $1,515.15 $100.00 – $4,329.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $205.78 – $848.06
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $205.78 – $848.06
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $205.78 – $848.06
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $418.67 $118.62 – $805.95
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $691.55 $142.34 – $1,037.33
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $756.32 $151.26 – $945.40
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $418.67 $111.65 – $805.95

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