Prq trlml c athrc st angiop1 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

$5,851.30

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.

$16,718.00

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.

$1,838.98 with TCHP vs $70,454.67 with BCBS - TX — 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 $1,838.98 ↓ -69%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $1,838.98 ↓ -69%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,875.76 ↓ -68%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $2,464.24 ↓ -58%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $2,519.41 ↓ -57%
Aetna Commercial|KelseyCare $2,608.00 ↓ -55%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $3,136.00 ↓ -46%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $4,513.86 ↓ -23%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $5,737.62 ↓ -2%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $5,737.62 ↓ -2%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $6,048.58 ↑ +3%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $6,854.38 ↑ +17%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $7,523.10 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Optum $7,857.46 ↑ +34%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $8,359.00 ↑ +43%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $9,194.90 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $9,194.90 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $9,194.90 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $10,030.80 ↑ +71%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $10,866.70 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $10,866.70 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $10,866.70 ↑ +86%
United Commercial|Exchange $11,055.00 ↑ +89%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $11,702.60 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $11,702.60 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $11,702.60 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $11,702.60 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $12,538.50 ↑ +114%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $12,949.78 ↑ +121%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $13,812.42 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $14,210.30 ↑ +143%
United Commercial|Charter $14,888.00 ↑ +154%
United Commercial|PPO $16,540.00 ↑ +183%
United Commercial|HMO $16,540.00 ↑ +183%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $16,718.00 ↑ +186%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $16,927.00 ↑ +189%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $17,985.81 ↑ +207%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $17,985.81 ↑ +207%
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $17,985.81 ↑ +207%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $17,985.81 ↑ +207%
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $17,985.81 ↑ +207%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $17,985.81 ↑ +207%
Humana Commercial|PPO $18,000.00 ↑ +208%
Humana Commercial|HMO $18,000.00 ↑ +208%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $18,165.67 ↑ +210%
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $18,345.53 ↑ +214%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $18,345.53 ↑ +214%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $18,525.38 ↑ +217%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $18,652.00 ↑ +219%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $18,885.10 ↑ +223%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $19,244.82 ↑ +229%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $19,244.82 ↑ +229%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $21,582.97 ↑ +269%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $24,280.84 ↑ +315%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $25,180.13 ↑ +330%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $26,857.58 ↑ +359%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $26,978.72 ↑ +361%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $26,978.72 ↑ +361%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $26,978.72 ↑ +361%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $26,978.72 ↑ +361%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $26,978.72 ↑ +361%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $27,257.35 ↑ +366%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $27,698.15 ↑ +373%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $32,676.94 ↑ +458%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $45,747.71 ↑ +682%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $46,852.00 ↑ +701%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $58,453.88 ↑ +899%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $63,122.28 ↑ +979%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $70,454.67 ↑ +1104%

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