Ntsty modul rad tx dlvr smpl 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

$3,428.25

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.

$9,795.00

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.

$417.18 with Renaissance vs $9,795.00 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
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $417.18 ↓ -88%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $579.41 ↓ -83%
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $579.41 ↓ -83%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $579.41 ↓ -83%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $579.41 ↓ -83%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $579.41 ↓ -83%
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $579.41 ↓ -83%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $585.20 ↓ -83%
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $591.00 ↓ -83%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $591.00 ↓ -83%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $596.79 ↓ -83%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $608.38 ↓ -82%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $618.43 ↓ -82%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $619.97 ↓ -82%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $619.97 ↓ -82%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $695.29 ↓ -80%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $747.27 ↓ -78%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $782.20 ↓ -77%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $811.17 ↓ -76%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $869.12 ↓ -75%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $869.12 ↓ -75%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $869.12 ↓ -75%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $869.12 ↓ -75%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $869.12 ↓ -75%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $892.29 ↓ -74%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $907.34 ↓ -74%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $1,365.70 ↓ -60%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $1,883.08 ↓ -45%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $1,968.68 ↓ -43%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $2,190.28 ↓ -36%
United Commercial|Exchange $2,358.00 ↓ -31%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $2,644.65 ↓ -23%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $2,742.60 ↓ -20%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $3,036.45 ↓ -11%
United Commercial|Charter $3,177.00 ↓ -7%
United Commercial|HMO $3,527.00 ↑ +3%
United Commercial|PPO $3,527.00 ↑ +3%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $3,543.84 ↑ +3%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $4,015.95 ↑ +17%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $4,015.95 ↑ +17%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $4,407.75 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Optum $4,603.65 ↑ +34%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $4,897.50 ↑ +43%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $5,387.25 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $5,387.25 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $5,387.25 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $5,877.00 ↑ +71%
Aetna Commercial|KelseyCare $5,974.95 ↑ +74%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $6,366.75 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $6,366.75 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $6,366.75 ↑ +86%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $6,856.50 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $6,856.50 ↑ +100%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $6,856.50 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $6,856.50 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $7,346.25 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $8,092.63 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $8,325.75 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $9,795.00 ↑ +186%

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Ntsty modul rad tx dlvr smpl at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $3,428.25 $752.43 – $9,795.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $943.11 – $6,168.78
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $6,168.78 – $6,168.78
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $943.11 – $6,168.78
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,594.96 $735.24 – $3,676.20
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,898.56 $596.62 – $4,347.85
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,878.27 $575.65 – $3,597.83
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $2,594.96 $494.75 – $3,676.20

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