Njx px nfrosgrm &/urtrgrm 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

$1,104.60

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.

$3,156.00

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.

$467.49 with BCBS - TX vs $9,029.00 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
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $467.49 ↓ -58%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $481.36 ↓ -56%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $512.01 ↓ -54%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $668.55 ↓ -39%
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $668.55 ↓ -39%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $668.55 ↓ -39%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $668.55 ↓ -39%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $668.55 ↓ -39%
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $668.55 ↓ -39%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $675.24 ↓ -39%
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $681.92 ↓ -38%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $681.92 ↓ -38%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $688.61 ↓ -38%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $701.98 ↓ -36%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $715.35 ↓ -35%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $715.35 ↓ -35%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $802.26 ↓ -27%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $852.12 ↓ -23%
Aetna Commercial|KelseyCare $896.00 ↓ -19%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $902.54 ↓ -18%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $929.41 ↓ -16%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $935.97 ↓ -15%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $962.08 ↓ -13%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $1,002.83 ↓ -9%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $1,002.83 ↓ -9%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $1,002.83 ↓ -9%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $1,002.83 ↓ -9%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $1,002.83 ↓ -9%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $1,029.57 ↓ -7%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,079.00 ↓ -2%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $1,135.32 ↑ +3%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $1,141.85 ↑ +3%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $1,224.37 ↑ +11%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $1,293.96 ↑ +17%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $1,420.20 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,452.00 ↑ +31%
United Commercial|Optum $1,483.32 ↑ +34%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $1,578.00 ↑ +43%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $1,735.80 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $1,735.80 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $1,735.80 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $1,893.60 ↑ +71%
United Commercial|Charter $1,955.00 ↑ +77%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $2,051.40 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $2,051.40 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $2,051.40 ↑ +86%
United Commercial|HMO $2,172.00 ↑ +97%
United Commercial|PPO $2,172.00 ↑ +97%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $2,172.79 ↑ +97%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $2,209.20 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $2,209.20 ↑ +100%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $2,209.20 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $2,209.20 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,367.00 ↑ +114%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $2,398.56 ↑ +117%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $2,404.80 ↑ +118%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $2,607.49 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $2,682.60 ↑ +143%
Humana Commercial|HMO $2,700.00 ↑ +144%
Humana Commercial|PPO $2,700.00 ↑ +144%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $3,156.00 ↑ +186%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $3,262.00 ↑ +195%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $3,594.00 ↑ +225%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $9,029.00 ↑ +717%

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Njx px nfrosgrm &/urtrgrm at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $1,104.60 $852.12 – $3,156.00
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HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $968.36 – $968.36
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