Perc cryo ablate renal tum 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

$7,967.40

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$22,764.00

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.

$2,700.00 with Humana vs $33,891.29 with NX Health — 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

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
Humana Commercial|PPO $2,700.00 ↓ -66%
Humana Commercial|HMO $2,700.00 ↓ -66%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $3,054.60 ↓ -62%
Aetna Commercial|KelseyCare $3,586.00 ↓ -55%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $4,314.00 ↓ -46%
United Commercial|Exchange $4,848.00 ↓ -39%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $4,886.95 ↓ -39%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $4,886.95 ↓ -39%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $4,886.95 ↓ -39%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $4,886.95 ↓ -39%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $4,886.95 ↓ -39%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $4,984.69 ↓ -37%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $4,984.69 ↓ -37%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $4,984.69 ↓ -37%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $5,131.30 ↓ -36%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Transplant $5,375.70 ↓ -33%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $5,619.99 ↓ -29%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $6,146.28 ↓ -23%
United Commercial|Charter $6,527.00 ↓ -18%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $6,548.51 ↓ -18%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $6,548.51 ↓ -18%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $6,695.12 ↓ -16%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $7,067.01 ↓ -11%
United Commercial|PPO $7,252.00 ↓ -9%
United Commercial|HMO $7,252.00 ↓ -9%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $7,455.00 ↓ -6%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $7,508.22 ↓ -6%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $7,525.90 ↓ -6%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $7,740.06 ↓ -3%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $8,215.00 ↑ +3%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $8,236.02 ↑ +3%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $9,333.24 ↑ +17%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $10,243.80 ↑ +29%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $10,428.09 ↑ +31%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $10,428.09 ↑ +31%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $10,428.09 ↑ +31%
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $10,428.09 ↑ +31%
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $10,428.09 ↑ +31%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $10,428.09 ↑ +31%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $10,532.37 ↑ +32%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $10,636.65 ↑ +34%
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $10,636.65 ↑ +34%
United Commercial|Optum $10,699.08 ↑ +34%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $10,740.93 ↑ +35%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $10,949.49 ↑ +37%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $11,158.06 ↑ +40%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $11,158.06 ↑ +40%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $11,382.00 ↑ +43%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $12,513.71 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $12,520.20 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $12,520.20 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $12,520.20 ↑ +57%
Independent Med System Commercial|All Plans $13,658.40 ↑ +71%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $13,658.40 ↑ +71%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $14,049.89 ↑ +76%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $14,077.92 ↑ +77%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $14,599.33 ↑ +83%
PHCS Savility Commercial|PPO $14,796.60 ↑ +86%
PHCS Commercial|PPO $14,796.60 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $14,796.60 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $14,796.60 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $14,796.60 ↑ +86%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $14,894.78 ↑ +87%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $15,247.28 ↑ +91%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $15,247.28 ↑ +91%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $15,642.14 ↑ +96%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $15,642.14 ↑ +96%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $15,642.14 ↑ +96%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $15,642.14 ↑ +96%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $15,642.14 ↑ +96%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $15,934.80 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $15,934.80 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $15,934.80 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $15,934.80 ↑ +100%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $16,059.26 ↑ +102%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $17,073.00 ↑ +114%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $17,162.74 ↑ +115%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $17,300.64 ↑ +117%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $18,508.84 ↑ +132%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $18,807.62 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $19,349.40 ↑ +143%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $20,636.00 ↑ +159%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $22,764.00 ↑ +186%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $33,891.29 ↑ +325%

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Perc cryo ablate renal tum at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $7,967.40 $6,146.28 – $22,764.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $4,984.69 – $17,246.88
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $4,552.48 – $14,638.81
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $4,645.39 – $14,638.81
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $13,038.50 $4,645.39 – $25,500.18
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $11,458.04 $71.00 – $25,500.18
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $8,517.04 $71.00 – $25,500.18
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $13,038.50 $4,645.39 – $25,500.18

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