Plmt ureteral stent prq 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

$4,021.15

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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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$11,489.00

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.

$1,202.33 with TCHP vs $20,636.00 with Cigna — same scan, same building. Share

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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
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $1,202.33 ↓ -70%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,202.33 ↓ -70%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $1,202.33 ↓ -70%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $1,202.33 ↓ -70%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,202.33 ↓ -70%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $1,226.38 ↓ -70%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $1,226.38 ↓ -70%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,226.38 ↓ -70%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $1,262.45 ↓ -69%
Aetna Commercial|KelseyCare $1,369.00 ↓ -66%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,382.68 ↓ -66%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $1,611.12 ↓ -60%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $1,611.12 ↓ -60%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $1,647.19 ↓ -59%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,648.00 ↓ -59%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $1,851.59 ↓ -54%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $2,404.80 ↓ -40%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $2,487.28 ↓ -38%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $2,535.57 ↓ -37%
Humana Commercial|HMO $2,700.00 ↓ -33%
Humana Commercial|PPO $2,700.00 ↓ -33%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $2,777.06 ↓ -31%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $3,102.03 ↓ -23%
United Commercial|Exchange $3,128.00 ↓ -22%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $3,454.56 ↓ -14%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $3,454.56 ↓ -14%
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $3,454.56 ↓ -14%
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $3,454.56 ↓ -14%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $3,454.56 ↓ -14%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $3,454.56 ↓ -14%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $3,489.11 ↓ -13%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $3,523.65 ↓ -12%
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $3,523.65 ↓ -12%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $3,558.20 ↓ -12%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $3,627.29 ↓ -10%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $3,696.38 ↓ -8%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $3,696.38 ↓ -8%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $3,751.27 ↓ -7%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $3,751.27 ↓ -7%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $4,145.47 ↑ +3%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $4,156.73 ↑ +3%
United Commercial|Charter $4,211.00 ↑ +5%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $4,663.66 ↑ +16%
United Commercial|HMO $4,680.00 ↑ +16%
United Commercial|PPO $4,680.00 ↑ +16%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $4,710.49 ↑ +17%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $4,836.38 ↑ +20%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $5,040.96 ↑ +25%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $5,141.58 ↑ +28%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $5,170.05 ↑ +29%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $5,181.84 ↑ +29%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $5,181.84 ↑ +29%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $5,181.84 ↑ +29%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $5,181.84 ↑ +29%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $5,181.84 ↑ +29%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $5,320.02 ↑ +32%
United Commercial|Optum $5,399.83 ↑ +34%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $5,744.50 ↑ +43%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $6,157.82 ↑ +53%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $6,318.95 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $6,318.95 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $6,318.95 ↑ +57%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $6,640.79 ↑ +65%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $6,893.40 ↑ +71%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $7,455.00 ↑ +85%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $7,467.85 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $7,467.85 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $7,467.85 ↑ +86%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $8,042.30 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $8,042.30 ↑ +100%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $8,042.30 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $8,042.30 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $8,215.00 ↑ +104%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $8,616.75 ↑ +114%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $8,731.64 ↑ +117%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $9,492.22 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $9,765.65 ↑ +143%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $11,227.32 ↑ +179%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $11,489.00 ↑ +186%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $20,636.00 ↑ +413%

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Plmt ureteral stent prq at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $4,021.15 $3,102.03 – $11,489.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $1,226.38 – $6,188.01
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $1,120.04 – $5,252.26
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $1,142.90 – $5,252.26
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $4,709.76 $1,142.90 – $8,636.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $3,695.02 $71.00 – $8,649.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $4,788.58 $71.00 – $8,649.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $4,709.76 $1,142.90 – $10,795.00

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