Penile vascular study 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

$242.20

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.

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$692.00

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.

$75.27 with BCBS - TX vs $1,135.00 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 $75.27 ↓ -69%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $76.12 ↓ -69%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $76.12 ↓ -69%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $76.55 ↓ -68%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $76.69 ↓ -68%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $102.01 ↓ -58%
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $106.51 ↓ -56%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $106.51 ↓ -56%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $106.51 ↓ -56%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $106.51 ↓ -56%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $106.51 ↓ -56%
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $106.51 ↓ -56%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $106.88 ↓ -56%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $106.88 ↓ -56%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $106.88 ↓ -56%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $107.58 ↓ -56%
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $108.64 ↓ -55%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $108.64 ↓ -55%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $109.02 ↓ -55%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $109.02 ↓ -55%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $109.02 ↓ -55%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $109.71 ↓ -55%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $111.84 ↓ -54%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $112.22 ↓ -54%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $113.97 ↓ -53%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $113.97 ↓ -53%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $122.91 ↓ -49%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $127.81 ↓ -47%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $128.86 ↓ -47%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $137.15 ↓ -43%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $143.22 ↓ -41%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $143.79 ↓ -41%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $146.43 ↓ -40%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $149.11 ↓ -38%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $159.76 ↓ -34%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $159.76 ↓ -34%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $159.76 ↓ -34%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $159.76 ↓ -34%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $159.76 ↓ -34%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $164.03 ↓ -32%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $164.60 ↓ -32%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $179.05 ↓ -26%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $182.06 ↓ -25%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $186.84 ↓ -23%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $197.20 ↓ -19%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $197.75 ↓ -18%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $241.97 ↓ -0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $250.37 ↑ +3%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Transplant $275.69 ↑ +14%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $283.72 ↑ +17%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $311.40 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Optum $325.24 ↑ +34%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $333.47 ↑ +38%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $333.47 ↑ +38%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $346.00 ↑ +43%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $346.16 ↑ +43%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $380.60 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $380.60 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $380.60 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $415.20 ↑ +71%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $449.80 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $449.80 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $449.80 ↑ +86%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $484.40 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $484.40 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $484.40 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $519.00 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $571.74 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $588.20 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $692.00 ↑ +186%
United Commercial|Exchange $760.00 ↑ +214%
United Commercial|Charter $1,024.00 ↑ +323%
United Commercial|PPO $1,135.00 ↑ +369%
United Commercial|HMO $1,135.00 ↑ +369%

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Penile vascular study at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $242.20 $55.36 – $692.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $108.97 – $208.52
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $104.74 – $208.52
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $106.88 – $208.52
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $855.79 $99.77 – $1,069.74
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $942.47 $143.37 – $1,413.71
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $810.18 $99.77 – $1,117.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $855.79 $99.77 – $1,117.00

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