Pegfilgrastim-pbbk 6 mg/0.6 ml subcutaneous syringe 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

$1,194.98

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.

$3,414.21

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.

$751.13 with Aetna vs $3,414.21 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
Aetna Commercial|KelseyCare $751.13 ↓ -37%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $887.70 ↓ -26%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $887.70 ↓ -26%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $921.84 ↓ -23%
United Commercial|Exchange $955.98 ↓ -20%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $1,092.55 ↓ -9%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $1,126.69 ↓ -6%
United Commercial|Charter $1,126.69 ↓ -6%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,229.12 ↑ +3%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $1,229.12 ↑ +3%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $1,229.12 ↑ +3%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $1,235.27 ↑ +3%
United Commercial|HMO $1,297.40 ↑ +9%
United Commercial|PPO $1,297.40 ↑ +9%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $1,399.83 ↑ +17%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $1,536.40 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Optum $1,604.68 ↑ +34%
Humana Commercial|PPO $1,672.97 ↑ +40%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $1,672.97 ↑ +40%
Humana Commercial|HMO $1,672.97 ↑ +40%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $1,707.11 ↑ +43%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $1,877.82 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $1,877.82 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $1,877.82 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $2,048.53 ↑ +71%
Independent Med System Commercial|All Plans $2,048.53 ↑ +71%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $2,219.24 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $2,219.24 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $2,219.24 ↑ +86%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $2,389.95 ↑ +100%
PHCS Commercial|PPO $2,389.95 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $2,389.95 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $2,389.95 ↑ +100%
PHCS Savility Commercial|PPO $2,389.95 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|AP3 $2,458.24 ↑ +106%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,560.66 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $2,820.83 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $2,902.08 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $3,414.21 ↑ +186%

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Pegfilgrastim-pbbk 6 mg/0.6 ml subcutaneous syringe at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $1,194.98 $751.13 – $3,414.21
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $164.15 – $406.70
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $127.23 – $406.70
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $164.15 – $406.70
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $139.66 $101.67 – $798.02
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $14,460.00 $13,496.00 – $86,760.00
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $1,194.98 $751.13 – $3,414.21
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $1,194.98 $751.13 – $3,414.21

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