Rheumatoid factor quantitative 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

$73.50

Cash price

?

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.

Full explanation →

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

$210.00

Gross charge

?

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$4.08 with Renaissance vs $210.00 with MHealth Network — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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.

Full explanation →

Payer
?

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.

Full explanation →
Plan
?

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.

Full explanation →
Negotiated rate vs. cash
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $4.08 ↓ -94%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $4.76 ↓ -94%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $4.76 ↓ -94%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $4.76 ↓ -94%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $4.76 ↓ -94%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $4.76 ↓ -94%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $4.86 ↓ -93%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $4.86 ↓ -93%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $4.86 ↓ -93%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $5.00 ↓ -93%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $5.47 ↓ -93%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $5.67 ↓ -92%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $5.67 ↓ -92%
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $5.67 ↓ -92%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $5.67 ↓ -92%
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $5.67 ↓ -92%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $5.67 ↓ -92%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $5.73 ↓ -92%
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $5.78 ↓ -92%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $5.78 ↓ -92%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $5.84 ↓ -92%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $5.95 ↓ -92%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $6.07 ↓ -92%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $6.07 ↓ -92%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $6.38 ↓ -91%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $6.38 ↓ -91%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $6.52 ↓ -91%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $6.80 ↓ -91%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $6.80 ↓ -91%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $7.33 ↓ -90%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $7.65 ↓ -90%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $7.88 ↓ -89%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $7.94 ↓ -89%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $8.51 ↓ -88%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $8.51 ↓ -88%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $8.51 ↓ -88%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $8.51 ↓ -88%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $8.51 ↓ -88%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $8.73 ↓ -88%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $9.36 ↓ -87%
United Commercial|PPO $10.50 ↓ -86%
United Commercial|Charter $10.50 ↓ -86%
United Commercial|HMO $10.50 ↓ -86%
United Commercial|Exchange $10.50 ↓ -86%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $13.22 ↓ -82%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $14.59 ↓ -80%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $14.85 ↓ -80%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $14.85 ↓ -80%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $16.39 ↓ -78%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $18.43 ↓ -75%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $19.94 ↓ -73%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Transplant $21.14 ↓ -71%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $21.77 ↓ -70%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $22.62 ↓ -69%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $56.70 ↓ -23%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $75.98 ↑ +3%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $86.10 ↑ +17%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $94.50 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Optum $98.70 ↑ +34%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $105.00 ↑ +43%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $115.50 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $115.50 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $115.50 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $126.00 ↑ +71%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $136.50 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $136.50 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $136.50 ↑ +86%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $147.00 ↑ +100%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $147.00 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $147.00 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $147.00 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $157.50 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $173.51 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $178.50 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $210.00 ↑ +186%

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Rheumatoid factor quantitative at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $372.00 $4.66 – $23.69
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $73.50 $4.08 – $210.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $4.76 – $23.69
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $319.04 $5.10 – $21.83
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $83.19 $4.76 – $16.88
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $65.27 $2.78 – $20.25
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $72.58 $4.76 – $16.88
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $83.19 $4.76 – $16.88

All Texas hospitals for this procedure →