Removal embedded foreign body vestibule mouth smpl 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

$650.65

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$1,859.00

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.

$45.64 with BCBS - TX vs $3,052.01 with NX Health — 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|Transplant $45.64 ↓ -93%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $140.00 ↓ -78%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $154.00 ↓ -76%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $204.49 ↓ -69%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $204.49 ↓ -69%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $204.49 ↓ -69%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $204.49 ↓ -69%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $204.49 ↓ -69%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $204.49 ↓ -69%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $208.58 ↓ -68%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $208.58 ↓ -68%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $208.58 ↓ -68%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $214.72 ↓ -67%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $274.02 ↓ -58%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $274.02 ↓ -58%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $274.02 ↓ -58%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $280.16 ↓ -57%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $387.00 ↓ -41%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $501.93 ↓ -23%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $638.01 ↓ -2%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $638.01 ↓ -2%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $660.17 ↑ +1%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $672.59 ↑ +3%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $676.14 ↑ +4%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $723.05 ↑ +11%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $762.19 ↑ +17%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $836.55 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Optum $873.73 ↑ +34%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $929.50 ↑ +43%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $939.08 ↑ +44%
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $939.08 ↑ +44%
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $939.08 ↑ +44%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $939.08 ↑ +44%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $939.08 ↑ +44%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $939.08 ↑ +44%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $948.47 ↑ +46%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $957.86 ↑ +47%
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $957.86 ↑ +47%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $967.25 ↑ +49%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $986.03 ↑ +52%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $1,004.82 ↑ +54%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $1,004.82 ↑ +54%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $1,022.45 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $1,022.45 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $1,022.45 ↑ +57%
Independent Med System Commercial|All Plans $1,115.40 ↑ +71%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $1,115.40 ↑ +71%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $1,126.90 ↑ +73%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,208.35 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $1,208.35 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $1,208.35 ↑ +86%
PHCS Commercial|PPO $1,208.35 ↑ +86%
PHCS Savility Commercial|PPO $1,208.35 ↑ +86%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $1,267.76 ↑ +95%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $1,301.30 ↑ +100%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,301.30 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $1,301.30 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $1,301.30 ↑ +100%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $1,312.49 ↑ +102%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $1,314.71 ↑ +102%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $1,353.15 ↑ +108%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,394.25 ↑ +114%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $1,408.62 ↑ +116%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $1,408.62 ↑ +116%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $1,408.62 ↑ +116%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $1,408.62 ↑ +116%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $1,408.62 ↑ +116%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $1,412.84 ↑ +117%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $1,446.18 ↑ +122%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,535.91 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $1,580.15 ↑ +143%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $1,603.28 ↑ +146%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $1,729.02 ↑ +166%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $1,859.00 ↑ +186%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,984.00 ↑ +205%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $2,404.80 ↑ +270%
United Commercial|Charter $2,669.00 ↑ +310%
Humana Commercial|PPO $2,700.00 ↑ +315%
Humana Commercial|HMO $2,700.00 ↑ +315%
United Commercial|HMO $2,968.00 ↑ +356%
United Commercial|PPO $2,968.00 ↑ +356%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $3,052.01 ↑ +369%

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Removal embedded foreign body vestibule mouth smpl at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $650.65 $148.72 – $1,859.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $1,611.14 – $1,611.14
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $915.67 – $1,367.50
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $1,367.50 – $1,367.50
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $692.00 $196.07 – $2,245.59
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,041.25 $71.00 – $2,245.59
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $843.12 $71.00 – $2,245.59
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $692.00 $184.53 – $2,245.59

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