Nuclear exam of tear flow at Baylor St Luke's Medical Center
1101 Bates Avenue, Houston, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1184622847
$356.65
Cash price 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.
$1,019.00
Gross charge 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.
$112.09 with TCHP vs $3,268.00 with United — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| TCHP | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $112.09 | ↓ -69% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $112.09 | ↓ -69% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|CHIP | $144.01 | ↓ -60% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $144.01 | ↓ -60% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $144.01 | ↓ -60% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $146.89 | ↓ -59% |
| UHC | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $146.89 | ↓ -59% |
| UHC | Medicaid|CHIP | $146.89 | ↓ -59% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|STAR | $150.21 | ↓ -58% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|All Plans | $151.21 | ↓ -58% |
| CHC | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $165.61 | ↓ -54% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $192.97 | ↓ -46% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange | $195.05 | ↓ -45% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STAR | $197.29 | ↓ -45% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange | $209.68 | ↓ -41% |
| CHC | Medicaid|STAR | $221.78 | ↓ -38% |
| OPTUM | Medicare|All Plans | $275.13 | ↓ -23% |
| Renaissance | Commercial|All Plans | $289.79 | ↓ -19% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Surefit | $326.08 | ↓ -9% |
| Cigna | Commercial|HMO | $356.65 | ↑ +0% |
| OPTUM | Medicaid|STAR | $368.68 | ↑ +3% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $402.48 | ↑ +13% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $402.48 | ↑ +13% |
| AETNA | Medicare|TRANSPLANT | $402.48 | ↑ +13% |
| Humana | Medicare|TRANSPLANT | $402.48 | ↑ +13% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Other Plans | $402.48 | ↑ +13% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|HMO | $402.48 | ↑ +13% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|PPO | $406.50 | ↑ +14% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $410.53 | ↑ +15% |
| UHC-SecureHorizons | Medicare|All Plans | $410.53 | ↑ +15% |
| Amerivantage | Medicare|All Plans | $414.55 | ↑ +16% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $417.79 | ↑ +17% |
| TCHPCHIP | Medicaid|HMO | $417.79 | ↑ +17% |
| SELECTCARE | Medicare|All Plans | $422.60 | ↑ +18% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $430.65 | ↑ +21% |
| DEVOTED | Medicare|All Plans | $430.65 | ↑ +21% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|Premier | $435.61 | ↑ +22% |
| UHC | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $449.31 | ↑ +26% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $449.31 | ↑ +26% |
| TCH | Commercial|Transplant | $458.55 | ↑ +29% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|Transplant | $475.63 | ↑ +33% |
| United | Commercial|Optum | $478.93 | ↑ +34% |
| KINDRED | Medicare|All Plans | $482.98 | ↑ +35% |
| Shell | Commercial|All Plans | $509.50 | ↑ +43% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|HMO | $513.63 | ↑ +44% |
| KelseyCare | Commercial|Exchange | $543.35 | ↑ +52% |
| TEXASTRUECHOICE | Medicaid|CHIP | $560.45 | ↑ +57% |
| CHC | Medicaid|CHIP | $560.45 | ↑ +57% |
| CHC | Medicaid|HMO | $560.45 | ↑ +57% |
| Employer Direct | Commercial|PPO | $563.47 | ↑ +58% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|PPO Trad | $568.89 | ↑ +60% |
| Community Health Choice | Commercial|All Other Plans | $603.72 | ↑ +69% |
| Harris Health | Commercial|ERS | $603.72 | ↑ +69% |
| Community Health Choice | Commercial|Exchange | $603.72 | ↑ +69% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $603.72 | ↑ +69% |
| Superior Health Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $603.72 | ↑ +69% |
| Cigna Lifesource | Commercial|Transplant | $611.40 | ↑ +71% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Exchange | $619.82 | ↑ +74% |
| Aetna | Commercial|KelseyCare | $621.59 | ↑ +74% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $630.40 | ↑ +77% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $662.35 | ↑ +86% |
| Humana | Commercial|Transplant | $662.35 | ↑ +86% |
| Coventry | Commercial|PPO | $662.35 | ↑ +86% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Transplant | $713.30 | ↑ +100% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $713.30 | ↑ +100% |
| Interlink | Commercial|Transplant | $713.30 | ↑ +100% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|PPO | $713.30 | ↑ +100% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $764.25 | ↑ +114% |
| OPTUM | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $841.90 | ↑ +136% |
| USA Health Network | Commercial|All Plans | $866.15 | ↑ +143% |
| MHealth Network | Commercial|PPO | $1,019.00 | ↑ +186% |
| NX Health | Commercial|PPO | $1,308.06 | ↑ +267% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $2,184.00 | ↑ +512% |
| United | Commercial|Charter | $2,940.00 | ↑ +724% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $3,268.00 | ↑ +816% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $3,268.00 | ↑ +816% |
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Nuclear exam of tear flow at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $356.65 | $81.52 – $1,019.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $158.41 – $903.27 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | not published | $141.13 – $903.27 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $144.01 – $903.27 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $555.89 | $114.42 – $1,021.72 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $583.70 | $131.65 – $1,021.72 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $555.89 | $140.87 – $1,021.72 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $555.89 | $131.65 – $1,021.72 |