Respirator motion mgmt simul 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

$777.70

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.

$2,222.00

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.

$435.49 with BCBS - TX vs $3,527.00 with United — 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 $435.49 ↓ -44%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $526.22 ↓ -32%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $599.94 ↓ -23%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $622.16 ↓ -20%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $688.82 ↓ -11%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $803.92 ↑ +3%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $911.02 ↑ +17%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $911.02 ↑ +17%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $961.71 ↑ +24%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $999.90 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Optum $1,044.34 ↑ +34%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $1,111.00 ↑ +43%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $1,222.10 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $1,222.10 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $1,222.10 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $1,333.20 ↑ +71%
Aetna Commercial|KelseyCare $1,355.42 ↑ +74%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $1,386.32 ↑ +78%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $1,444.30 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $1,444.30 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,444.30 ↑ +86%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $1,542.37 ↑ +98%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $1,555.40 ↑ +100%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,555.40 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $1,555.40 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $1,555.40 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,666.50 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,835.82 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $1,888.70 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $2,222.00 ↑ +186%
United Commercial|Exchange $2,358.00 ↑ +203%
United Commercial|Charter $3,177.00 ↑ +309%
United Commercial|HMO $3,527.00 ↑ +354%
United Commercial|PPO $3,527.00 ↑ +354%

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Respirator motion mgmt simul at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $1,135.00 $664.13 – $6,528.14
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $777.70 $529.85 – $2,222.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $664.13 – $6,528.14
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $664.13 – $6,528.14
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,200.53 $340.15 – $1,700.76
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,017.47 $209.43 – $1,526.20
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,415.91 $283.18 – $1,769.89
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,200.53 $320.14 – $1,700.76

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