Reteplase injection 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

$6,569.09

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.

$18,768.81

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.

$2,094.68 with Renaissance vs $18,768.81 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 $2,094.68 ↓ -68%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $2,236.87 ↓ -66%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $2,781.63 ↓ -58%
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $2,781.63 ↓ -58%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $2,781.63 ↓ -58%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $2,781.63 ↓ -58%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $2,781.63 ↓ -58%
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $2,781.63 ↓ -58%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $2,808.51 ↓ -57%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $2,809.45 ↓ -57%
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $2,837.26 ↓ -57%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $2,837.26 ↓ -57%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $2,865.08 ↓ -56%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $2,920.71 ↓ -56%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $3,112.93 ↓ -53%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $3,112.93 ↓ -53%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $3,491.14 ↓ -47%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $3,529.28 ↓ -46%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $3,755.20 ↓ -43%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $4,072.99 ↓ -38%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $4,078.87 ↓ -38%
Aetna Commercial|KelseyCare $4,129.14 ↓ -37%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $4,172.44 ↓ -36%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $4,172.44 ↓ -36%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $4,172.44 ↓ -36%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $4,172.44 ↓ -36%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $4,172.44 ↓ -36%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $4,480.29 ↓ -32%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $4,598.01 ↓ -30%
United Commercial|Exchange $4,860.00 ↓ -26%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $4,879.90 ↓ -26%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $4,879.90 ↓ -26%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $4,970.82 ↓ -24%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $5,067.58 ↓ -23%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $6,006.02 ↓ -9%
United Commercial|Charter $6,193.71 ↓ -6%
United Commercial|HMO $6,665.14 ↑ +1%
United Commercial|PPO $6,665.14 ↑ +1%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $6,756.78 ↑ +3%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $6,756.78 ↑ +3%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $6,756.78 ↑ +3%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $6,790.56 ↑ +3%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $7,695.22 ↑ +17%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $8,445.97 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Optum $8,821.35 ↑ +34%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $9,196.72 ↑ +40%
Humana Commercial|PPO $9,196.72 ↑ +40%
Humana Commercial|HMO $9,196.72 ↑ +40%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $9,384.41 ↑ +43%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $9,455.16 ↑ +44%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $10,322.85 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $10,322.85 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $10,322.85 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $11,261.29 ↑ +71%
Independent Med System Commercial|All Plans $11,261.29 ↑ +71%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $12,199.73 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $12,199.73 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $12,199.73 ↑ +86%
PHCS Savility Commercial|PPO $13,138.17 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $13,138.17 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $13,138.17 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $13,138.17 ↑ +100%
PHCS Commercial|PPO $13,138.17 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|AP3 $13,513.55 ↑ +106%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $14,076.61 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $15,506.80 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $15,953.49 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $18,768.81 ↑ +186%

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Reteplase injection at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $28,973.44 $4,792.56 – $22,420.60
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $6,569.09 $2,709.10 – $18,768.81
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $28,705.97 $4,792.56 – $22,420.60
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $4,792.56 – $22,420.60
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $6,569.09 $2,709.10 – $18,768.81
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $6,569.09 $2,709.10 – $18,768.81
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $6,569.09 $2,709.10 – $18,768.81
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