Reptilase test 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

$26.95

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.

$77.00

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.

$7.09 with Renaissance vs $77.00 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
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $7.09 ↓ -74%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $8.27 ↓ -69%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $8.27 ↓ -69%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $8.27 ↓ -69%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $8.27 ↓ -69%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $8.27 ↓ -69%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $8.44 ↓ -69%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $8.44 ↓ -69%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $8.44 ↓ -69%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $8.68 ↓ -68%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $9.51 ↓ -65%
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $9.85 ↓ -63%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $9.85 ↓ -63%
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $9.85 ↓ -63%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $9.85 ↓ -63%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $9.85 ↓ -63%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $9.85 ↓ -63%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $9.95 ↓ -63%
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $10.05 ↓ -63%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $10.05 ↓ -63%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $10.15 ↓ -62%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $10.34 ↓ -62%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $10.54 ↓ -61%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $10.54 ↓ -61%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $11.08 ↓ -59%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $11.08 ↓ -59%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $11.33 ↓ -58%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $11.82 ↓ -56%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $11.82 ↓ -56%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $12.74 ↓ -53%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $13.30 ↓ -51%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $13.69 ↓ -49%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $13.79 ↓ -49%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $14.78 ↓ -45%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $14.78 ↓ -45%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $14.78 ↓ -45%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $14.78 ↓ -45%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $14.78 ↓ -45%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $15.17 ↓ -44%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $16.25 ↓ -40%
United Commercial|PPO $18.24 ↓ -32%
United Commercial|HMO $18.24 ↓ -32%
United Commercial|Exchange $18.24 ↓ -32%
United Commercial|Charter $18.24 ↓ -32%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $20.79 ↓ -23%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $23.13 ↓ -14%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $25.52 ↓ -5%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $25.80 ↓ -4%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $25.80 ↓ -4%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $27.86 ↑ +3%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $28.47 ↑ +6%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $31.57 ↑ +17%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $32.01 ↑ +19%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $34.65 ↑ +29%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $34.90 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Optum $36.19 ↑ +34%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Transplant $36.67 ↑ +36%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $37.82 ↑ +40%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $38.50 ↑ +43%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $39.30 ↑ +46%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $42.35 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $42.35 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $42.35 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $46.20 ↑ +71%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $50.05 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $50.05 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $50.05 ↑ +86%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $53.90 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $53.90 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $53.90 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $57.75 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $63.62 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $65.45 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $77.00 ↑ +186%

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Reptilase test at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $26.95 $7.09 – $77.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $8.27 – $40.44
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $8.10 – $40.44
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $8.27 – $40.44
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $106.97 $8.87 – $37.92
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $106.47 $8.27 – $133.09
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $101.55 $12.00 – $152.32
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