Poct blood gases ph pco2 po2 arterial calculated o2 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

$296.10

Cash price

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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.

$846.00

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.

$18.77 with Renaissance vs $846.00 with MHealth Network — 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
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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
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $18.77 ↓ -94%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $21.90 ↓ -93%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $21.90 ↓ -93%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $21.90 ↓ -93%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $21.90 ↓ -93%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $21.90 ↓ -93%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $22.34 ↓ -92%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $22.34 ↓ -92%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $22.34 ↓ -92%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $23.00 ↓ -92%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $25.18 ↓ -91%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $26.07 ↓ -91%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $26.07 ↓ -91%
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $26.07 ↓ -91%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $26.07 ↓ -91%
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $26.07 ↓ -91%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $26.07 ↓ -91%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $26.33 ↓ -91%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $26.59 ↓ -91%
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $26.59 ↓ -91%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $26.85 ↓ -91%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $27.37 ↓ -91%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $27.89 ↓ -91%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $27.89 ↓ -91%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $29.35 ↓ -90%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $29.35 ↓ -90%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $30.00 ↓ -90%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $31.28 ↓ -89%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $31.28 ↓ -89%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $33.73 ↓ -89%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $35.19 ↓ -88%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $36.24 ↓ -88%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $36.50 ↓ -88%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $39.10 ↓ -87%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $39.10 ↓ -87%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $39.10 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $39.10 ↓ -87%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $39.10 ↓ -87%
United Commercial|Charter $39.11 ↓ -87%
United Commercial|PPO $39.11 ↓ -87%
United Commercial|HMO $39.11 ↓ -87%
United Commercial|Exchange $39.11 ↓ -87%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $40.15 ↓ -86%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $43.02 ↓ -85%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $61.97 ↓ -79%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $68.33 ↓ -77%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $68.33 ↓ -77%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $68.38 ↓ -77%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Transplant $72.04 ↓ -76%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $75.34 ↓ -75%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $84.73 ↓ -71%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $93.48 ↓ -68%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $100.11 ↓ -66%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $104.02 ↓ -65%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $228.42 ↓ -23%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $306.09 ↑ +3%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $346.86 ↑ +17%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $380.70 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Optum $397.62 ↑ +34%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $423.00 ↑ +43%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $465.30 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $465.30 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $465.30 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $507.60 ↑ +71%
Aetna Commercial|KelseyCare $516.06 ↑ +74%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $549.90 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $549.90 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $549.90 ↑ +86%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $592.20 ↑ +100%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $592.20 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $592.20 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $592.20 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $634.50 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $698.97 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $719.10 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $846.00 ↑ +186%

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Poct blood gases ph pco2 po2 arterial calculated o2 at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $296.10 $18.77 – $846.00
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HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $21.46 – $107.34
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