Nerve conduction studies 11-12 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

$2,116.45

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.

$6,047.00

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 $6,047.00 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 ↓ -95%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $100.00 ↓ -95%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $100.00 ↓ -95%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $122.47 ↓ -94%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $124.55 ↓ -94%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $209.66 ↓ -90%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $223.15 ↓ -89%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $321.75 ↓ -85%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $382.65 ↓ -82%
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $531.46 ↓ -75%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $531.46 ↓ -75%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $531.46 ↓ -75%
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $531.46 ↓ -75%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $531.46 ↓ -75%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $531.46 ↓ -75%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $536.77 ↓ -75%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $542.09 ↓ -74%
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $542.09 ↓ -74%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $547.40 ↓ -74%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $558.03 ↓ -74%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $568.66 ↓ -73%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $568.66 ↓ -73%
United Commercial|Exchange $576.00 ↓ -73%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $637.75 ↓ -70%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $717.47 ↓ -66%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $744.04 ↓ -65%
United Commercial|Charter $775.00 ↓ -63%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $797.19 ↓ -62%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $797.19 ↓ -62%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $797.19 ↓ -62%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $797.19 ↓ -62%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $797.19 ↓ -62%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $816.30 ↓ -61%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $818.45 ↓ -61%
United Commercial|HMO $861.00 ↓ -59%
United Commercial|PPO $861.00 ↓ -59%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $1,632.69 ↓ -23%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $1,727.24 ↓ -18%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $2,187.81 ↑ +3%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $2,479.27 ↑ +17%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $2,721.15 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Optum $2,842.09 ↑ +34%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $3,023.50 ↑ +43%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $3,325.85 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $3,325.85 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $3,325.85 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $3,628.20 ↑ +71%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $3,930.55 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $3,930.55 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $3,930.55 ↑ +86%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $4,232.90 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $4,232.90 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $4,232.90 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $4,535.25 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $4,996.04 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $5,139.95 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $6,047.00 ↑ +186%

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Nerve conduction studies 11-12 at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $2,116.45 $100.00 – $6,047.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $242.87 – $963.19
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $242.87 – $963.19
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $242.87 – $963.19
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $895.29 $253.67 – $1,327.77
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,278.62 $263.18 – $1,917.93
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,185.62 $237.12 – $1,482.03
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $895.29 $238.74 – $1,327.77

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