Radium ra223 dichl ther/uci 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

$363.30

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.

$1,038.00

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.

$122.80 with BCBS - TX vs $1,038.00 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
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $122.80 ↓ -66%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $123.88 ↓ -66%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $154.18 ↓ -58%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $169.33 ↓ -53%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $169.33 ↓ -53%
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $169.33 ↓ -53%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $169.33 ↓ -53%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $169.33 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $169.33 ↓ -53%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $171.02 ↓ -53%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $172.72 ↓ -52%
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $172.72 ↓ -52%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $174.41 ↓ -52%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $177.80 ↓ -51%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $184.10 ↓ -49%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $184.10 ↓ -49%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $193.74 ↓ -47%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $206.47 ↓ -43%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $228.60 ↓ -37%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $240.88 ↓ -34%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $248.19 ↓ -32%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $252.41 ↓ -31%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $254.00 ↓ -30%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $254.00 ↓ -30%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $254.00 ↓ -30%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $254.00 ↓ -30%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $254.00 ↓ -30%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $264.97 ↓ -27%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $272.88 ↓ -25%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $280.26 ↓ -23%
United Commercial|Exchange $290.64 ↓ -20%
United Commercial|Charter $342.54 ↓ -6%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $375.55 ↑ +3%
United Commercial|PPO $394.44 ↑ +9%
United Commercial|HMO $394.44 ↑ +9%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $425.58 ↑ +17%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $467.10 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Optum $487.86 ↑ +34%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $493.77 ↑ +36%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $519.00 ↑ +43%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $520.55 ↑ +43%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $520.55 ↑ +43%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $559.20 ↑ +54%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $570.90 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $570.90 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $570.90 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $622.80 ↑ +71%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $674.70 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $674.70 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $674.70 ↑ +86%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $726.60 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $726.60 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $726.60 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $778.50 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $857.60 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $882.30 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $1,038.00 ↑ +186%

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Radium ra223 dichl ther/uci at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $363.30 $148.72 – $1,038.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $164.10 – $1,541.06
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $169.02 – $1,541.06
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $164.10 – $1,541.06
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $74.03 $53.90 – $380.70
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $363.30 $148.72 – $1,038.00
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $363.30 $148.72 – $1,038.00
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $74.03 $84.60 – $359.55

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