Pr management transitional care high w/in 7 days of discharge 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

$105.35

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.

$301.00

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.

$81.27 with OPTUM vs $419.51 with NX Health — 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
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $81.27 ↓ -23%
United Commercial|Exchange $82.00 ↓ -22%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $92.94 ↓ -12%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $108.91 ↑ +3%
United Commercial|Charter $110.00 ↑ +4%
United Commercial|PPO $123.00 ↑ +17%
United Commercial|HMO $123.00 ↑ +17%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $123.41 ↑ +17%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $129.08 ↑ +23%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $129.08 ↑ +23%
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $129.08 ↑ +23%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $129.08 ↑ +23%
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $129.08 ↑ +23%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $129.08 ↑ +23%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $130.37 ↑ +24%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $131.66 ↑ +25%
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $131.66 ↑ +25%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $132.95 ↑ +26%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $135.45 ↑ +29%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $135.53 ↑ +29%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $136.80 ↑ +30%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $138.12 ↑ +31%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $138.12 ↑ +31%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $139.12 ↑ +32%
United Commercial|Optum $141.47 ↑ +34%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $150.50 ↑ +43%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $154.90 ↑ +47%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $165.55 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $165.55 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $165.55 ↑ +57%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $174.26 ↑ +65%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $180.60 ↑ +71%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $180.71 ↑ +72%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $193.62 ↑ +84%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $193.62 ↑ +84%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $193.62 ↑ +84%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $193.62 ↑ +84%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $193.62 ↑ +84%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $195.65 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $195.65 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $195.65 ↑ +86%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $198.71 ↑ +89%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $198.78 ↑ +89%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $210.70 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $210.70 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $210.70 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $225.75 ↑ +114%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $234.18 ↑ +122%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $248.69 ↑ +136%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $249.25 ↑ +137%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $255.85 ↑ +143%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $301.00 ↑ +186%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $301.00 ↑ +186%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $419.51 ↑ +298%

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Pr management transitional care high w/in 7 days of discharge at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $105.35 $74.00 – $301.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $271.28 – $670.99
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $271.28 – $670.99
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $271.28 – $670.99
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $84.79 $24.02 – $6,299.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $255.50 $52.59 – $383.26
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $251.56 $50.31 – $327.47
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $84.79 $22.61 – $327.47

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