Pr incision & drainage abscess vulva/perineal 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

$182.00

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.

$520.00

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.

$64.41 with BCBS - TX vs $7,221.00 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.

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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
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $64.41 ↓ -65%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $75.61 ↓ -58%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Transplant $77.00 ↓ -58%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $79.51 ↓ -56%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $79.51 ↓ -56%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $79.51 ↓ -56%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $79.51 ↓ -56%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $79.51 ↓ -56%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $81.10 ↓ -55%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $81.10 ↓ -55%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $81.10 ↓ -55%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $83.49 ↓ -54%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $91.44 ↓ -50%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $106.54 ↓ -41%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $106.54 ↓ -41%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $108.93 ↓ -40%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $116.92 ↓ -36%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $122.45 ↓ -33%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $140.40 ↓ -23%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $150.52 ↓ -17%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $160.32 ↓ -12%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $188.14 ↑ +3%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $213.20 ↑ +17%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $219.37 ↑ +21%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $234.00 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Optum $244.40 ↑ +34%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $248.07 ↑ +36%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $248.07 ↑ +36%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $260.00 ↑ +43%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $286.00 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $286.00 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $286.00 ↑ +57%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $304.68 ↑ +67%
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $304.68 ↑ +67%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $304.68 ↑ +67%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $304.68 ↑ +67%
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $304.68 ↑ +67%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $304.68 ↑ +67%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $307.73 ↑ +69%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $310.77 ↑ +71%
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $310.77 ↑ +71%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $312.00 ↑ +71%
Independent Med System Commercial|All Plans $312.00 ↑ +71%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $313.82 ↑ +72%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $319.91 ↑ +76%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $326.01 ↑ +79%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $326.01 ↑ +79%
PHCS Savility Commercial|PPO $338.00 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $338.00 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $338.00 ↑ +86%
PHCS Commercial|PPO $338.00 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $338.00 ↑ +86%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $364.00 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $364.00 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $364.00 ↑ +100%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $364.00 ↑ +100%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $365.62 ↑ +101%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $390.00 ↑ +114%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $395.20 ↑ +117%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $411.32 ↑ +126%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $426.55 ↑ +134%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $429.63 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $442.00 ↑ +143%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $457.02 ↑ +151%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $457.02 ↑ +151%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $457.02 ↑ +151%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $457.02 ↑ +151%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $457.02 ↑ +151%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $469.21 ↑ +158%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $471.65 ↑ +159%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $520.00 ↑ +186%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $990.21 ↑ +444%
Aetna Commercial|KelseyCare $1,195.00 ↑ +557%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $1,361.70 ↑ +648%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,438.00 ↑ +690%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,452.00 ↑ +698%
United Commercial|Charter $1,955.00 ↑ +974%
United Commercial|PPO $2,172.00 ↑ +1093%
United Commercial|HMO $2,172.00 ↑ +1093%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $2,609.00 ↑ +1334%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $2,875.00 ↑ +1480%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $7,221.00 ↑ +3868%

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Pr incision & drainage abscess vulva/perineal at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $182.00 $140.40 – $520.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $81.10 – $505.47
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $74.07 – $505.47
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $75.58 – $505.47
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $2,197.23 $87.51 – $4,826.69
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $692.24 $75.58 – $865.30
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $486.75 $71.00 – $794.72
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