Pretreat rbc absorption reference at Baylor St Luke's Medical Center
1101 Bates Avenue, Houston, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1184622847
$108.15
Cash price 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.
$309.00
Gross charge 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.
$40.12 with BCBS - TX vs $309.00 with MHealth Network — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| BCBS - TX | Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange | $40.12 | ↓ -63% |
| Renaissance | Commercial|All Plans | $42.84 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange | $46.47 | ↓ -57% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $47.70 | ↓ -56% |
| United | Commercial|Charter | $47.70 | ↓ -56% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $47.70 | ↓ -56% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $47.70 | ↓ -56% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $56.61 | ↓ -48% |
| AETNA | Medicare|TRANSPLANT | $59.50 | ↓ -45% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $59.50 | ↓ -45% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Other Plans | $59.50 | ↓ -45% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $59.50 | ↓ -45% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|HMO | $59.50 | ↓ -45% |
| Humana | Medicare|TRANSPLANT | $59.50 | ↓ -45% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|PPO | $60.09 | ↓ -44% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $60.69 | ↓ -44% |
| UHC-SecureHorizons | Medicare|All Plans | $60.69 | ↓ -44% |
| Amerivantage | Medicare|All Plans | $61.28 | ↓ -43% |
| SELECTCARE | Medicare|All Plans | $62.48 | ↓ -42% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $63.66 | ↓ -41% |
| DEVOTED | Medicare|All Plans | $63.66 | ↓ -41% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|Transplant | $64.13 | ↓ -41% |
| KINDRED | Medicare|All Plans | $71.40 | ↓ -34% |
| KelseyCare | Commercial|Exchange | $80.33 | ↓ -26% |
| Employer Direct | Commercial|PPO | $83.30 | ↓ -23% |
| OPTUM | Medicare|All Plans | $83.43 | ↓ -23% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Surefit | $84.26 | ↓ -22% |
| Superior Health Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $89.25 | ↓ -17% |
| Harris Health | Commercial|ERS | $89.25 | ↓ -17% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $89.25 | ↓ -17% |
| Community Health Choice | Commercial|All Other Plans | $89.25 | ↓ -17% |
| Community Health Choice | Commercial|Exchange | $89.25 | ↓ -17% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Exchange | $91.63 | ↓ -15% |
| Cigna | Commercial|HMO | $92.98 | ↓ -14% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|Premier | $96.61 | ↓ -11% |
| OPTUM | Medicaid|STAR | $111.80 | ↑ +3% |
| TCHPCHIP | Medicaid|HMO | $126.69 | ↑ +17% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $127.13 | ↑ +18% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|PPO Trad | $128.37 | ↑ +19% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|HMO | $133.39 | ↑ +23% |
| TCH | Commercial|Transplant | $139.05 | ↑ +29% |
| United | Commercial|Optum | $145.23 | ↑ +34% |
| Shell | Commercial|All Plans | $154.50 | ↑ +43% |
| TEXASTRUECHOICE | Medicaid|CHIP | $169.95 | ↑ +57% |
| CHC | Medicaid|CHIP | $169.95 | ↑ +57% |
| CHC | Medicaid|HMO | $169.95 | ↑ +57% |
| Cigna Lifesource | Commercial|Transplant | $185.40 | ↑ +71% |
| NX Health | Commercial|PPO | $193.38 | ↑ +79% |
| Coventry | Commercial|PPO | $200.85 | ↑ +86% |
| Humana | Commercial|Transplant | $200.85 | ↑ +86% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $200.85 | ↑ +86% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Transplant | $216.30 | ↑ +100% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|PPO | $216.30 | ↑ +100% |
| Interlink | Commercial|Transplant | $216.30 | ↑ +100% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $231.75 | ↑ +114% |
| OPTUM | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $255.30 | ↑ +136% |
| USA Health Network | Commercial|All Plans | $262.65 | ↑ +143% |
| MHealth Network | Commercial|PPO | $309.00 | ↑ +186% |
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Pretreat rbc absorption reference at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | $466.85 | $33.84 – $376.32 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | $498.00 | $33.84 – $376.32 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $108.15 | $47.70 – $309.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $33.84 – $376.32 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $255.19 | $10.00 – $287.88 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $216.00 | $12.00 – $249.30 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $216.00 | $12.00 – $151.53 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $255.19 | $10.00 – $287.88 |