Prq tcat plmt ntrac st 1 les 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

$4,311.65

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.

$12,319.00

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.

$1,355.09 with TCHP vs $46,852.00 with Cigna — 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
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,355.09 ↓ -69%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $1,355.09 ↓ -69%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,382.20 ↓ -68%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $1,815.83 ↓ -58%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $1,856.48 ↓ -57%
Aetna Commercial|KelseyCare $2,608.00 ↓ -40%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $3,136.00 ↓ -27%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $3,326.13 ↓ -23%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $4,227.89 ↓ -2%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $4,227.89 ↓ -2%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $4,457.02 ↑ +3%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $5,050.79 ↑ +17%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $5,543.55 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Optum $5,789.93 ↑ +34%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $6,159.50 ↑ +43%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $6,775.45 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $6,775.45 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $6,775.45 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $7,391.40 ↑ +71%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $8,007.35 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $8,007.35 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $8,007.35 ↑ +86%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $8,178.44 ↑ +90%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $8,623.30 ↑ +100%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $8,623.30 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $8,623.30 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $8,623.30 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $9,239.25 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $10,177.96 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $10,471.15 ↑ +143%
United Commercial|Exchange $11,055.00 ↑ +156%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $11,358.94 ↑ +163%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $11,358.94 ↑ +163%
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $11,358.94 ↑ +163%
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $11,358.94 ↑ +163%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $11,358.94 ↑ +163%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $11,358.94 ↑ +163%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $11,472.53 ↑ +166%
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $11,586.12 ↑ +169%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $11,586.12 ↑ +169%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $11,699.71 ↑ +171%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $11,926.89 ↑ +177%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $12,154.07 ↑ +182%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $12,154.07 ↑ +182%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $12,319.00 ↑ +186%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $13,630.73 ↑ +216%
United Commercial|Charter $14,888.00 ↑ +245%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $15,334.57 ↑ +256%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $15,902.52 ↑ +269%
United Commercial|PPO $16,540.00 ↑ +284%
United Commercial|HMO $16,540.00 ↑ +284%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $16,797.53 ↑ +290%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $16,927.00 ↑ +293%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $16,943.50 ↑ +293%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $17,038.41 ↑ +295%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $17,038.41 ↑ +295%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $17,038.41 ↑ +295%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $17,038.41 ↑ +295%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $17,038.41 ↑ +295%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $17,492.77 ↑ +306%
Humana Commercial|HMO $18,000.00 ↑ +317%
Humana Commercial|PPO $18,000.00 ↑ +317%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $18,652.00 ↑ +333%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $20,312.38 ↑ +371%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $28,437.34 ↑ +560%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $36,916.56 ↑ +756%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $39,237.58 ↑ +810%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $43,795.48 ↑ +916%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $46,852.00 ↑ +987%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $4,311.65 $985.52 – $12,319.00
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