Phentolaine mesylate inj at Baylor St Luke's Medical Center
1101 Bates Avenue, Houston, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1184622847
$494.38
Cash price 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.
$1,412.49
Gross charge 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.
$118.39 with Aetna vs $1,420.93 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aetna | Commercial|KelseyCare | $118.39 | ↓ -76% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $139.91 | ↓ -72% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $139.91 | ↓ -72% |
| OPTUM | Medicare|All Plans | $145.29 | ↓ -71% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $150.67 | ↓ -70% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Transplant | $172.20 | ↓ -65% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $177.58 | ↓ -64% |
| United | Commercial|Charter | $177.58 | ↓ -64% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Surefit | $193.72 | ↓ -61% |
| Cigna | Commercial|HMO | $193.72 | ↓ -61% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $193.72 | ↓ -61% |
| OPTUM | Medicaid|STAR | $194.69 | ↓ -61% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $204.48 | ↓ -59% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $204.48 | ↓ -59% |
| TCHPCHIP | Medicaid|HMO | $220.63 | ↓ -55% |
| TCH | Commercial|Transplant | $242.15 | ↓ -51% |
| United | Commercial|Optum | $252.91 | ↓ -49% |
| KelseyCare | Commercial|All Other Plans | $263.67 | ↓ -47% |
| Humana | Commercial|HMO | $263.67 | ↓ -47% |
| Humana | Commercial|PPO | $263.67 | ↓ -47% |
| Shell | Commercial|All Plans | $269.05 | ↓ -46% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange | $269.24 | ↓ -46% |
| CHC | Medicaid|CHIP | $295.96 | ↓ -40% |
| TEXASTRUECHOICE | Medicaid|CHIP | $295.96 | ↓ -40% |
| CHC | Medicaid|HMO | $295.96 | ↓ -40% |
| Renaissance | Commercial|All Plans | $314.79 | ↓ -36% |
| Independent Med System | Commercial|All Plans | $322.86 | ↓ -35% |
| Cigna Lifesource | Commercial|Transplant | $322.86 | ↓ -35% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange | $338.05 | ↓ -32% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $349.77 | ↓ -29% |
| Coventry | Commercial|PPO | $349.77 | ↓ -29% |
| Humana | Commercial|Transplant | $349.77 | ↓ -29% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Transplant | $376.67 | ↓ -24% |
| PHCS | Commercial|PPO | $376.67 | ↓ -24% |
| Interlink | Commercial|Transplant | $376.67 | ↓ -24% |
| PHCS Savility | Commercial|PPO | $376.67 | ↓ -24% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|PPO | $376.67 | ↓ -24% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|AP3 | $387.44 | ↓ -22% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $403.58 | ↓ -18% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|Premier | $424.81 | ↓ -14% |
| OPTUM | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $444.58 | ↓ -10% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|HMO | $450.03 | ↓ -9% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Other Plans | $450.03 | ↓ -9% |
| Humana | Medicare|TRANSPLANT | $450.03 | ↓ -9% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $450.03 | ↓ -9% |
| AETNA | Medicare|TRANSPLANT | $450.03 | ↓ -9% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $450.03 | ↓ -9% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|PPO | $454.53 | ↓ -8% |
| USA Health Network | Commercial|All Plans | $457.39 | ↓ -7% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $459.03 | ↓ -7% |
| UHC-SecureHorizons | Medicare|All Plans | $459.03 | ↓ -7% |
| Amerivantage | Medicare|All Plans | $463.53 | ↓ -6% |
| DEVOTED | Medicare|All Plans | $467.81 | ↓ -5% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $467.81 | ↓ -5% |
| SELECTCARE | Medicare|All Plans | $472.53 | ↓ -4% |
| KINDRED | Medicare|All Plans | $524.65 | ↑ +6% |
| MHealth Network | Commercial|PPO | $538.10 | ↑ +9% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|HMO | $538.10 | ↑ +9% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|PPO Trad | $538.10 | ↑ +9% |
| KelseyCare | Commercial|Exchange | $607.54 | ↑ +23% |
| Employer Direct | Commercial|PPO | $612.09 | ↑ +24% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Exchange | $673.30 | ↑ +36% |
| Superior Health Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $675.04 | ↑ +37% |
| Harris Health | Commercial|ERS | $675.04 | ↑ +37% |
| Community Health Choice | Commercial|All Other Plans | $675.04 | ↑ +37% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $675.04 | ↑ +37% |
| Community Health Choice | Commercial|Exchange | $675.04 | ↑ +37% |
| NX Health | Commercial|PPO | $1,420.93 | ↑ +187% |
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Phentolaine mesylate inj at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | $1,621.60 | $449.30 – $1,548.66 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | $1,336.00 | $420.56 – $1,548.66 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $494.38 | $118.39 – $538.10 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | $1,541.76 | $449.30 – $1,548.66 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $1,325.32 | $244.58 – $1,413.75 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $1,325.32 | $232.80 – $1,696.50 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $1,325.32 | $226.20 – $1,413.75 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $1,325.32 | $244.58 – $1,413.75 |