Plmt access bil tree sm bwl at Baylor St Luke's Medical Center
1101 Bates Avenue, Houston, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1184622847
$2,574.25
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.
$7,355.00
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.
$1,195.00 with Aetna vs $20,636.00 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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| Aetna | Commercial|KelseyCare | $1,195.00 | ↓ -54% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $1,211.42 | ↓ -53% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $1,211.42 | ↓ -53% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $1,211.42 | ↓ -53% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $1,211.42 | ↓ -53% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|CHIP | $1,211.42 | ↓ -53% |
| UHC | Medicaid|CHIP | $1,235.65 | ↓ -52% |
| UHC | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $1,235.65 | ↓ -52% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $1,235.65 | ↓ -52% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,271.99 | ↓ -51% |
| CHC | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $1,393.13 | ↓ -46% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $1,438.00 | ↓ -44% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|STAR | $1,623.30 | ↓ -37% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $1,623.30 | ↓ -37% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STAR | $1,659.65 | ↓ -36% |
| CHC | Medicaid|STAR | $1,865.59 | ↓ -28% |
| OPTUM | Medicare|All Plans | $1,985.85 | ↓ -23% |
| KelseyCare | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,404.80 | ↓ -7% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange | $2,611.85 | ↑ +1% |
| OPTUM | Medicaid|STAR | $2,661.04 | ↑ +3% |
| Humana | Commercial|PPO | $2,700.00 | ↑ +5% |
| Humana | Commercial|HMO | $2,700.00 | ↑ +5% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange | $2,860.59 | ↑ +11% |
| TCHPCHIP | Medicaid|HMO | $3,015.55 | ↑ +17% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $3,128.00 | ↑ +22% |
| TCH | Commercial|Transplant | $3,309.75 | ↑ +29% |
| United | Commercial|Optum | $3,456.85 | ↑ +34% |
| Shell | Commercial|All Plans | $3,677.50 | ↑ +43% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $3,779.63 | ↑ +47% |
| UHC | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $3,779.63 | ↑ +47% |
| CHC | Medicaid|HMO | $4,045.25 | ↑ +57% |
| TEXASTRUECHOICE | Medicaid|CHIP | $4,045.25 | ↑ +57% |
| CHC | Medicaid|CHIP | $4,045.25 | ↑ +57% |
| United | Commercial|Charter | $4,211.00 | ↑ +64% |
| Cigna Lifesource | Commercial|Transplant | $4,413.00 | ↑ +71% |
| Renaissance | Commercial|All Plans | $4,499.90 | ↑ +75% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $4,680.00 | ↑ +82% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $4,680.00 | ↑ +82% |
| Humana | Commercial|Transplant | $4,780.75 | ↑ +86% |
| Coventry | Commercial|PPO | $4,780.75 | ↑ +86% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $4,780.75 | ↑ +86% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $5,148.50 | ↑ +100% |
| Interlink | Commercial|Transplant | $5,148.50 | ↑ +100% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|PPO | $5,148.50 | ↑ +100% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Transplant | $5,148.50 | ↑ +100% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|Premier | $5,192.60 | ↑ +102% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $5,320.57 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $5,516.25 | ↑ +114% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Transplant | $5,589.80 | ↑ +117% |
| OPTUM | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $6,076.71 | ↑ +136% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|HMO | $6,249.86 | ↑ +143% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $6,249.86 | ↑ +143% |
| Humana | Medicare|TRANSPLANT | $6,249.86 | ↑ +143% |
| AETNA | Medicare|TRANSPLANT | $6,249.86 | ↑ +143% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Other Plans | $6,249.86 | ↑ +143% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $6,249.86 | ↑ +143% |
| USA Health Network | Commercial|All Plans | $6,251.75 | ↑ +143% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|PPO | $6,312.36 | ↑ +145% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|HMO | $6,343.05 | ↑ +146% |
| UHC-SecureHorizons | Medicare|All Plans | $6,374.86 | ↑ +148% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $6,374.86 | ↑ +148% |
| Amerivantage | Medicare|All Plans | $6,437.36 | ↑ +150% |
| SELECTCARE | Medicare|All Plans | $6,562.35 | ↑ +155% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $6,687.35 | ↑ +160% |
| DEVOTED | Medicare|All Plans | $6,687.35 | ↑ +160% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|PPO Trad | $6,840.55 | ↑ +166% |
| MHealth Network | Commercial|PPO | $7,355.00 | ↑ +186% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Surefit | $7,455.00 | ↑ +190% |
| KINDRED | Medicare|All Plans | $7,499.83 | ↑ +191% |
| Cigna | Commercial|HMO | $8,215.00 | ↑ +219% |
| KelseyCare | Commercial|Exchange | $8,437.31 | ↑ +228% |
| Employer Direct | Commercial|PPO | $8,749.80 | ↑ +240% |
| Harris Health | Commercial|ERS | $9,374.79 | ↑ +264% |
| Community Health Choice | Commercial|All Other Plans | $9,374.79 | ↑ +264% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $9,374.79 | ↑ +264% |
| Community Health Choice | Commercial|Exchange | $9,374.79 | ↑ +264% |
| Superior Health Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $9,374.79 | ↑ +264% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Exchange | $9,624.78 | ↑ +274% |
| NX Health | Commercial|PPO | $20,312.04 | ↑ +689% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $20,636.00 | ↑ +702% |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $2,574.25 | $1,985.85 – $7,355.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $1,235.65 – $6,374.15 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | not published | $1,128.51 – $6,535.84 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $1,151.54 – $5,410.25 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $3,205.90 | $1,151.54 – $18,741.87 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $3,537.42 | $71.00 – $18,741.87 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $3,468.06 | $71.00 – $18,741.87 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $3,205.90 | $1,151.54 – $18,741.87 |