Prq av fstl crt uxtr sep acs 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

$7,747.60

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.

$22,136.00

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.

$100.00 with Cigna vs $22,136.00 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.

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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
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $100.00 ↓ -99%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $100.00 ↓ -99%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $100.00 ↓ -99%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $2,434.96 ↓ -69%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $2,434.96 ↓ -69%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $2,483.66 ↓ -68%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $3,262.85 ↓ -58%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $3,335.90 ↓ -57%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $5,976.72 ↓ -23%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $7,597.08 ↓ -2%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $7,597.08 ↓ -2%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $8,008.81 ↑ +3%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $9,075.76 ↑ +17%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $9,961.20 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Optum $10,403.92 ↑ +34%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $11,068.00 ↑ +43%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $12,174.80 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $12,174.80 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $12,174.80 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $13,281.60 ↑ +71%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $14,388.40 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $14,388.40 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $14,388.40 ↑ +86%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $15,495.20 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $15,495.20 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $15,495.20 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $16,602.00 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $18,288.77 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $18,815.60 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $22,136.00 ↑ +186%

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Prq av fstl crt uxtr sep acs at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $7,747.60 $100.00 – $22,136.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $2,080.79 – $35,214.08
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $1,900.37 – $29,889.02
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $1,939.15 – $29,889.02
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $16,135.50 $1,939.15 – $43,439.01
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $16,135.50 $2,074.89 – $43,439.01
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $16,135.50 $1,939.15 – $43,439.01
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $16,135.50 $1,939.15 – $43,439.01

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