Njx aa&/strd sc nrv nfs img 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

$992.95

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.

$2,837.00

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.

$238.14 with OPTUM vs $5,160.00 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
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $238.14 ↓ -76%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $319.11 ↓ -68%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $358.49 ↓ -64%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $358.49 ↓ -64%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $358.49 ↓ -64%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $358.49 ↓ -64%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $358.49 ↓ -64%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $361.62 ↓ -64%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $365.66 ↓ -63%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $365.66 ↓ -63%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $365.66 ↓ -63%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $376.41 ↓ -62%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $396.90 ↓ -60%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $412.26 ↓ -58%
United Commercial|Optum $414.54 ↓ -58%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $441.00 ↓ -56%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $480.38 ↓ -52%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $480.38 ↓ -52%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $485.10 ↓ -51%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $485.10 ↓ -51%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $485.10 ↓ -51%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $491.13 ↓ -51%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $529.20 ↓ -47%
Independent Med System Commercial|All Plans $529.20 ↓ -47%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $552.07 ↓ -44%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $573.30 ↓ -42%
PHCS Savility Commercial|PPO $573.30 ↓ -42%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $573.30 ↓ -42%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $573.30 ↓ -42%
PHCS Commercial|PPO $573.30 ↓ -42%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $617.40 ↓ -38%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $617.40 ↓ -38%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $617.40 ↓ -38%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $617.40 ↓ -38%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $642.05 ↓ -35%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $661.50 ↓ -33%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $670.32 ↓ -32%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $682.12 ↓ -31%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $728.71 ↓ -27%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $747.09 ↓ -25%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $749.70 ↓ -24%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $882.00 ↓ -11%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $891.73 ↓ -10%
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $891.73 ↓ -10%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $891.73 ↓ -10%
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $891.73 ↓ -10%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $891.73 ↓ -10%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $891.73 ↓ -10%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $900.65 ↓ -9%
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $909.56 ↓ -8%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $909.56 ↓ -8%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $918.48 ↓ -7%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $936.32 ↓ -6%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $954.15 ↓ -4%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $954.15 ↓ -4%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $1,070.08 ↑ +8%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,118.49 ↑ +13%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,118.49 ↑ +13%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $1,203.84 ↑ +21%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $1,248.42 ↑ +26%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $1,337.60 ↑ +35%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $1,337.60 ↑ +35%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $1,337.60 ↑ +35%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $1,337.60 ↑ +35%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $1,337.60 ↑ +35%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $1,356.12 ↑ +37%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $1,373.26 ↑ +38%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $1,376.63 ↑ +39%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,452.00 ↑ +46%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $1,656.58 ↑ +67%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Transplant $1,661.43 ↑ +67%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $1,786.51 ↑ +80%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $1,864.00 ↑ +88%
United Commercial|Charter $1,955.00 ↑ +97%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $2,054.00 ↑ +107%
United Commercial|PPO $2,172.00 ↑ +119%
United Commercial|HMO $2,172.00 ↑ +119%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $2,404.80 ↑ +142%
Humana Commercial|HMO $2,700.00 ↑ +172%
Humana Commercial|PPO $2,700.00 ↑ +172%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $2,898.12 ↑ +192%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $5,160.00 ↑ +420%

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Njx aa&/strd sc nrv nfs img at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $992.95 $238.14 – $882.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $365.66 – $1,664.70
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $333.95 – $1,412.97
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $340.77 – $1,412.97
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,873.86 $71.00 – $2,975.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,772.02 $71.00 – $2,975.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,873.86 $85.00 – $2,975.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,873.86 $340.77 – $2,810.79

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