Plcmt dlyd xtn pros 1st vsl at Baylor St Luke's Medical Center
1101 Bates Avenue, Houston, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1184622847
$2,811.55
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.
$8,033.00
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.
$561.16 with BCBS - TX vs $9,158.00 with Cigna — 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 |
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| BCBS - TX | Commercial|Premier | $561.16 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange | $770.55 | ↓ -73% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $883.63 | ↓ -69% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $883.63 | ↓ -69% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $901.31 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange | $904.55 | ↓ -68% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|STAR | $1,184.07 | ↓ -58% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STAR | $1,210.58 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | Commercial|KelseyCare | $1,695.00 | ↓ -40% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|HMO | $1,800.73 | ↓ -36% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|PPO Trad | $1,917.99 | ↓ -32% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $2,038.00 | ↓ -28% |
| OPTUM | Medicare|All Plans | $2,168.91 | ↓ -23% |
| Humana | Commercial|HMO | $2,700.00 | ↓ -4% |
| Humana | Commercial|PPO | $2,700.00 | ↓ -4% |
| UHC | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $2,756.93 | ↓ -2% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $2,756.93 | ↓ -2% |
| OPTUM | Medicaid|STAR | $2,906.34 | ↑ +3% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $3,128.00 | ↑ +11% |
| TCHPCHIP | Medicaid|HMO | $3,293.53 | ↑ +17% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Surefit | $3,309.00 | ↑ +18% |
| TCH | Commercial|Transplant | $3,614.85 | ↑ +29% |
| Cigna | Commercial|HMO | $3,646.00 | ↑ +30% |
| United | Commercial|Optum | $3,775.51 | ↑ +34% |
| Shell | Commercial|All Plans | $4,016.50 | ↑ +43% |
| United | Commercial|Charter | $4,211.00 | ↑ +50% |
| TEXASTRUECHOICE | Medicaid|CHIP | $4,418.15 | ↑ +57% |
| CHC | Medicaid|HMO | $4,418.15 | ↑ +57% |
| CHC | Medicaid|CHIP | $4,418.15 | ↑ +57% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $4,680.00 | ↑ +66% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $4,680.00 | ↑ +66% |
| Cigna Lifesource | Commercial|Transplant | $4,819.80 | ↑ +71% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $5,221.45 | ↑ +86% |
| Coventry | Commercial|PPO | $5,221.45 | ↑ +86% |
| Humana | Commercial|Transplant | $5,221.45 | ↑ +86% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|PPO | $5,623.10 | ↑ +100% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Transplant | $5,623.10 | ↑ +100% |
| Interlink | Commercial|Transplant | $5,623.10 | ↑ +100% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $5,623.10 | ↑ +100% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $6,024.75 | ↑ +114% |
| OPTUM | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $6,636.87 | ↑ +136% |
| USA Health Network | Commercial|All Plans | $6,828.05 | ↑ +143% |
| MHealth Network | Commercial|PPO | $8,033.00 | ↑ +186% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $9,158.00 | ↑ +226% |
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Plcmt dlyd xtn pros 1st vsl at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $2,811.55 | $642.64 – $8,033.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $7,680.33 – $7,680.33 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | not published | $7,680.33 – $7,680.33 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $7,680.33 – $7,680.33 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $3,298.61 | $934.61 – $6,299.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $3,298.61 | $678.96 – $5,388.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $3,298.61 | $659.72 – $5,388.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $3,298.61 | $879.63 – $7,038.00 |