Resp virus 6-11 targets 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

$130.20

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.

$372.00

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.

$100.44 with OPTUM vs $785.20 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
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $100.44 ↓ -23%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $134.59 ↑ +3%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $152.52 ↑ +17%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $157.00 ↑ +21%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $167.40 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Optum $174.84 ↑ +34%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $183.17 ↑ +41%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $183.17 ↑ +41%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $183.17 ↑ +41%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $183.17 ↑ +41%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $183.17 ↑ +41%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $186.00 ↑ +43%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $186.83 ↑ +43%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $186.83 ↑ +43%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $186.83 ↑ +43%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $192.33 ↑ +48%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $204.60 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $204.60 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $204.60 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $210.65 ↑ +62%
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $218.06 ↑ +67%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $218.06 ↑ +67%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $218.06 ↑ +67%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $218.06 ↑ +67%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $218.06 ↑ +67%
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $218.06 ↑ +67%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $220.24 ↑ +69%
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $222.42 ↑ +71%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $222.42 ↑ +71%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $223.20 ↑ +71%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $224.60 ↑ +73%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $228.96 ↑ +76%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $233.32 ↑ +79%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $233.32 ↑ +79%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $241.80 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $241.80 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $241.80 ↑ +86%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $245.45 ↑ +89%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $245.45 ↑ +89%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $250.94 ↑ +93%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $260.40 ↑ +100%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $260.40 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $260.40 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $260.40 ↑ +100%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $261.67 ↑ +101%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $261.67 ↑ +101%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $279.00 ↑ +114%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $282.08 ↑ +117%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $294.38 ↑ +126%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $303.10 ↑ +133%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $305.28 ↑ +134%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $307.35 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $316.20 ↑ +143%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $327.09 ↑ +151%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $327.09 ↑ +151%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $327.09 ↑ +151%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $327.09 ↑ +151%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $327.09 ↑ +151%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $335.81 ↑ +158%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $359.80 ↑ +176%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $372.00 ↑ +186%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $372.00 ↑ +186%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $372.00 ↑ +186%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $372.00 ↑ +186%
United Commercial|HMO $395.24 ↑ +204%
United Commercial|Charter $395.24 ↑ +204%
United Commercial|PPO $395.24 ↑ +204%
United Commercial|Exchange $395.24 ↑ +204%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $520.47 ↑ +300%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $571.49 ↑ +339%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $571.49 ↑ +339%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $574.31 ↑ +341%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $708.70 ↑ +444%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $785.20 ↑ +503%

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Resp virus 6-11 targets at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $130.20 $100.44 – $708.70
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $183.17 – $896.31
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $179.51 – $896.31
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $183.17 – $896.31
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,005.77 $10.00 – $1,257.21
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $363.38 $12.00 – $545.08
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $336.50 $12.00 – $523.34
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,005.77 $10.00 – $1,257.21

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