Pr repair superficial wd simple scalp/neck/ax/gent/trunk/ext 2.6-7.5 cm 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

$474.60

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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.

$1,356.00

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.

$92.70 with BCBS - TX 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
BCBS - TX Commercial|Transplant $92.70 ↓ -80%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $140.00 ↓ -71%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $143.29 ↓ -70%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $146.77 ↓ -69%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $149.16 ↓ -69%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $149.16 ↓ -69%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $149.16 ↓ -69%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $149.16 ↓ -69%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $149.16 ↓ -69%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $149.16 ↓ -69%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $152.15 ↓ -68%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $152.15 ↓ -68%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $152.15 ↓ -68%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $154.00 ↓ -68%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $156.62 ↓ -67%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $160.75 ↓ -66%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $199.02 ↓ -58%
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $199.02 ↓ -58%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $199.02 ↓ -58%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $199.02 ↓ -58%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $199.02 ↓ -58%
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $199.02 ↓ -58%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $199.88 ↓ -58%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $199.88 ↓ -58%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $199.88 ↓ -58%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $201.01 ↓ -58%
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $203.00 ↓ -57%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $203.00 ↓ -57%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $204.35 ↓ -57%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $204.99 ↓ -57%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $208.97 ↓ -56%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $212.95 ↓ -55%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $212.95 ↓ -55%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $238.82 ↓ -50%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $268.68 ↓ -43%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $278.63 ↓ -41%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $291.80 ↓ -39%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $298.53 ↓ -37%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $298.53 ↓ -37%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $298.53 ↓ -37%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $298.53 ↓ -37%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $298.53 ↓ -37%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $300.30 ↓ -37%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $306.49 ↓ -35%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $356.45 ↓ -25%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $366.12 ↓ -23%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $384.41 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $387.00 ↓ -18%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $465.38 ↓ -2%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $465.38 ↓ -2%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $490.61 ↑ +3%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $555.96 ↑ +17%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $610.20 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Optum $637.32 ↑ +34%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $646.82 ↑ +36%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $678.00 ↑ +43%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $745.80 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $745.80 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $745.80 ↑ +57%
Independent Med System Commercial|All Plans $813.60 ↑ +71%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $813.60 ↑ +71%
PHCS Savility Commercial|PPO $881.40 ↑ +86%
PHCS Commercial|PPO $881.40 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $881.40 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $881.40 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $881.40 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $949.20 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $949.20 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $949.20 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $949.20 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,017.00 ↑ +114%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $1,030.56 ↑ +117%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,120.33 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $1,152.60 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $1,356.00 ↑ +186%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $1,361.70 ↑ +187%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,452.00 ↑ +206%
United Commercial|Charter $1,955.00 ↑ +312%
United Commercial|HMO $2,172.00 ↑ +358%
United Commercial|PPO $2,172.00 ↑ +358%
Humana Commercial|PPO $2,700.00 ↑ +469%
Humana Commercial|HMO $2,700.00 ↑ +469%

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Pr repair superficial wd simple scalp/neck/ax/gent/trunk/ext 2.6-7.5 cm at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $474.60 $108.48 – $1,356.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $358.20 – $358.20
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $202.56 – $304.03
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $304.03 – $304.03
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $506.21 $218.41 – $4,826.69
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $480.84 $111.00 – $601.05
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $552.05 $71.00 – $828.07
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $695.56 $71.00 – $869.45

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