Ot therapeutic activities direct patient contact each 15 minutes 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

$98.00

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.

$280.00

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.

$48.05 with BCBS - TX vs $338.00 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.

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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 $48.05 ↓ -51%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $48.86 ↓ -50%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Transplant $53.23 ↓ -46%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $75.60 ↓ -23%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $82.25 ↓ -16%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $87.55 ↓ -11%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $100.00 ↑ +2%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $100.00 ↑ +2%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $100.00 ↑ +2%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $101.31 ↑ +3%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $114.80 ↑ +17%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $126.00 ↑ +29%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $126.23 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Optum $131.60 ↑ +34%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $140.00 ↑ +43%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $154.00 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $154.00 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $154.00 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $168.00 ↑ +71%
Aetna Commercial|KelseyCare $170.80 ↑ +74%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $182.00 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $182.00 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $182.00 ↑ +86%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $196.00 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $196.00 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $196.00 ↑ +100%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $196.00 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $210.00 ↑ +114%
United Commercial|Exchange $226.00 ↑ +131%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $231.34 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $238.00 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $280.00 ↑ +186%
United Commercial|Charter $306.00 ↑ +212%
United Commercial|PPO $338.00 ↑ +245%
United Commercial|HMO $338.00 ↑ +245%

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Ot therapeutic activities direct patient contact each 15 minutes at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $98.00 $59.45 – $280.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $30.33 – $110.83
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $30.33 – $66.54
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $30.33 – $66.54
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $289.38 $156.77 – $156.77
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $122.76 $34.78 – $173.91
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $138.53 $28.51 – $207.79
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $147.08 $29.42 – $183.85

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