Parathormone (pth) intact 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

$165.20

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.

$472.00

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.

$29.72 with Renaissance vs $472.00 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 $29.72 ↓ -82%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $34.68 ↓ -79%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $34.68 ↓ -79%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $34.68 ↓ -79%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $34.68 ↓ -79%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $34.68 ↓ -79%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $35.37 ↓ -79%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $35.37 ↓ -79%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $35.37 ↓ -79%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $36.41 ↓ -78%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $39.88 ↓ -76%
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $41.28 ↓ -75%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $41.28 ↓ -75%
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $41.28 ↓ -75%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $41.28 ↓ -75%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $41.28 ↓ -75%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $41.28 ↓ -75%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $41.69 ↓ -75%
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $42.11 ↓ -75%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $42.11 ↓ -75%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $42.52 ↓ -74%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $43.34 ↓ -74%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $44.17 ↓ -73%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $44.17 ↓ -73%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $46.47 ↓ -72%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $46.47 ↓ -72%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $47.51 ↓ -71%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $49.54 ↓ -70%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $49.54 ↓ -70%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $53.41 ↓ -68%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $55.73 ↓ -66%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $57.38 ↓ -65%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $57.79 ↓ -65%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $61.92 ↓ -63%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $61.92 ↓ -63%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $61.92 ↓ -63%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $61.92 ↓ -63%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $61.92 ↓ -63%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $63.57 ↓ -62%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $68.11 ↓ -59%
United Commercial|PPO $76.44 ↓ -54%
United Commercial|Charter $76.44 ↓ -54%
United Commercial|HMO $76.44 ↓ -54%
United Commercial|Exchange $76.44 ↓ -54%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $98.32 ↓ -40%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $108.20 ↓ -35%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $108.20 ↓ -35%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $108.49 ↓ -34%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $119.30 ↓ -28%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $127.44 ↓ -23%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $134.16 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $148.31 ↓ -10%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Transplant $153.69 ↓ -7%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $158.52 ↓ -4%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $164.71 ↓ -0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $170.77 ↑ +3%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $193.52 ↑ +17%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $212.40 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Optum $221.84 ↑ +34%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $236.00 ↑ +43%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $259.60 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $259.60 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $259.60 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $283.20 ↑ +71%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $306.80 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $306.80 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $306.80 ↑ +86%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $330.40 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $330.40 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $330.40 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $354.00 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $389.97 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $401.20 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $472.00 ↑ +186%

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Parathormone (pth) intact at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $165.20 $29.72 – $472.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $34.68 – $170.08
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $33.99 – $170.08
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $34.68 – $170.08
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $419.97 $37.15 – $158.93
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $269.44 $10.00 – $336.80
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $200.23 $12.00 – $300.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $179.47 $12.00 – $224.33

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