Pressure max expiratory/inspiratory 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

$289.80

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.

$828.00

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.

$38.07 with OPTUM vs $745.00 with United — 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 $38.07 ↓ -87%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $51.02 ↓ -82%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $57.81 ↓ -80%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $63.45 ↓ -78%
United Commercial|Optum $66.27 ↓ -77%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $70.50 ↓ -76%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $77.55 ↓ -73%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $77.55 ↓ -73%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $77.55 ↓ -73%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $84.60 ↓ -71%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $91.65 ↓ -68%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $91.65 ↓ -68%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $91.65 ↓ -68%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Transplant $94.78 ↓ -67%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $98.70 ↓ -66%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $98.70 ↓ -66%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $98.70 ↓ -66%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $100.00 ↓ -65%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $100.00 ↓ -65%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $100.00 ↓ -65%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $105.75 ↓ -64%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $112.83 ↓ -61%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $116.50 ↓ -60%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $119.85 ↓ -59%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $141.00 ↓ -51%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $141.00 ↓ -51%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $141.00 ↓ -51%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $141.00 ↓ -51%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $141.00 ↓ -51%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $141.00 ↓ -51%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $156.71 ↓ -46%
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $156.71 ↓ -46%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $156.71 ↓ -46%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $156.71 ↓ -46%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $156.71 ↓ -46%
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $156.71 ↓ -46%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $158.28 ↓ -45%
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $159.84 ↓ -45%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $159.84 ↓ -45%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $161.41 ↓ -44%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $164.55 ↓ -43%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $167.68 ↓ -42%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $167.68 ↓ -42%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $188.05 ↓ -35%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $211.56 ↓ -27%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $219.39 ↓ -24%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $233.47 ↓ -19%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $235.06 ↓ -19%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $235.06 ↓ -19%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $235.06 ↓ -19%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $235.06 ↓ -19%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $235.06 ↓ -19%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $241.33 ↓ -17%
United Commercial|Exchange $499.00 ↑ +72%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $509.31 ↑ +76%
United Commercial|Charter $674.00 ↑ +133%
United Commercial|PPO $745.00 ↑ +157%
United Commercial|HMO $745.00 ↑ +157%

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Pressure max expiratory/inspiratory at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $289.80 $38.07 – $141.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $331.26 $323.74 – $323.74
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $323.74 – $323.74
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $323.74 – $323.74
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $349.83 $40.17 – $386.96
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $344.39 $35.93 – $386.96
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $345.62 $34.91 – $386.96
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $349.83 $37.81 – $386.96

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