Pr incision & removal foreign body subcutaneous tissues simple 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

$300.30

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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.

$858.00

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.

$90.87 with TCHP vs $2,700.00 with Humana — 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
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $90.87 ↓ -70%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $90.87 ↓ -70%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $90.87 ↓ -70%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $90.87 ↓ -70%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $90.87 ↓ -70%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $92.69 ↓ -69%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $92.69 ↓ -69%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $92.69 ↓ -69%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $95.41 ↓ -68%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $98.28 ↓ -67%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $104.50 ↓ -65%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $115.38 ↓ -62%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $121.77 ↓ -59%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $121.77 ↓ -59%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $124.49 ↓ -59%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Transplant $124.97 ↓ -58%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $139.94 ↓ -53%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $140.00 ↓ -53%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $154.00 ↓ -49%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $178.41 ↓ -41%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $229.68 ↓ -24%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $231.66 ↓ -23%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $244.64 ↓ -19%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $283.51 ↓ -6%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $283.51 ↓ -6%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $288.13 ↓ -4%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $310.43 ↑ +3%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $351.78 ↑ +17%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $386.10 ↑ +29%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $387.00 ↑ +29%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $400.18 ↑ +33%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $400.18 ↑ +33%
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $400.18 ↑ +33%
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $400.18 ↑ +33%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $400.18 ↑ +33%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $400.18 ↑ +33%
United Commercial|Optum $403.26 ↑ +34%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $404.18 ↑ +35%
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $408.18 ↑ +36%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $408.18 ↑ +36%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $412.19 ↑ +37%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $420.19 ↑ +40%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $428.19 ↑ +43%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $428.19 ↑ +43%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $429.00 ↑ +43%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $471.90 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $471.90 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $471.90 ↑ +57%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $480.22 ↑ +60%
Independent Med System Commercial|All Plans $514.80 ↑ +71%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $514.80 ↑ +71%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $540.24 ↑ +80%
PHCS Commercial|PPO $557.70 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $557.70 ↑ +86%
PHCS Savility Commercial|PPO $557.70 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $557.70 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $557.70 ↑ +86%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $560.25 ↑ +87%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $578.01 ↑ +92%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $600.27 ↑ +100%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $600.27 ↑ +100%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $600.27 ↑ +100%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $600.27 ↑ +100%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $600.27 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $600.60 ↑ +100%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $600.60 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $600.60 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $600.60 ↑ +100%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $616.28 ↑ +105%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $643.50 ↑ +114%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $652.08 ↑ +117%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $708.88 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $729.30 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $858.00 ↑ +186%
Aetna Commercial|KelseyCare $896.00 ↑ +198%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,079.00 ↑ +259%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $1,300.59 ↑ +333%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $1,361.70 ↑ +353%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,452.00 ↑ +384%
United Commercial|Charter $1,955.00 ↑ +551%
United Commercial|PPO $2,172.00 ↑ +623%
United Commercial|HMO $2,172.00 ↑ +623%
Humana Commercial|PPO $2,700.00 ↑ +799%
Humana Commercial|HMO $2,700.00 ↑ +799%

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Pr incision & removal foreign body subcutaneous tissues simple at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $300.30 $231.66 – $858.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $92.69 – $771.31
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $84.65 – $771.31
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $86.38 – $771.31
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,455.26 $133.54 – $4,826.69
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $699.02 $86.38 – $987.79
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $711.92 $71.00 – $1,067.88
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $843.22 $71.00 – $1,054.02

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