Rmvl pq iabp at Baylor St Luke's Medical Center
1101 Bates Avenue, Houston, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1184622847
$294.00
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.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$840.00
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.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$23.66 with BCBS - TX vs $9,158.00 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
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 |
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| BCBS - TX | Commercial|Premier | $23.66 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange | $32.49 | ↓ -89% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange | $38.15 | ↓ -87% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|Transplant | $61.22 | ↓ -79% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|HMO | $75.94 | ↓ -74% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|PPO Trad | $80.88 | ↓ -72% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $92.40 | ↓ -69% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $92.40 | ↓ -69% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $94.25 | ↓ -68% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|STAR | $123.82 | ↓ -58% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STAR | $126.59 | ↓ -57% |
| OPTUM | Medicare|All Plans | $226.80 | ↓ -23% |
| UHC | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $288.29 | ↓ -2% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $288.29 | ↓ -2% |
| OPTUM | Medicaid|STAR | $303.92 | ↑ +3% |
| TCHPCHIP | Medicaid|HMO | $344.40 | ↑ +17% |
| TCH | Commercial|Transplant | $378.00 | ↑ +29% |
| United | Commercial|Optum | $394.80 | ↑ +34% |
| Shell | Commercial|All Plans | $420.00 | ↑ +43% |
| CHC | Medicaid|CHIP | $462.00 | ↑ +57% |
| TEXASTRUECHOICE | Medicaid|CHIP | $462.00 | ↑ +57% |
| CHC | Medicaid|HMO | $462.00 | ↑ +57% |
| Cigna Lifesource | Commercial|Transplant | $504.00 | ↑ +71% |
| Independent Med System | Commercial|All Plans | $504.00 | ↑ +71% |
| Coventry | Commercial|PPO | $546.00 | ↑ +86% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $546.00 | ↑ +86% |
| PHCS | Commercial|PPO | $546.00 | ↑ +86% |
| PHCS Savility | Commercial|PPO | $546.00 | ↑ +86% |
| Humana | Commercial|Transplant | $546.00 | ↑ +86% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $588.00 | ↑ +100% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Transplant | $588.00 | ↑ +100% |
| Interlink | Commercial|Transplant | $588.00 | ↑ +100% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|PPO | $588.00 | ↑ +100% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $630.00 | ↑ +114% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Transplant | $638.40 | ↑ +117% |
| OPTUM | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $694.01 | ↑ +136% |
| USA Health Network | Commercial|All Plans | $714.00 | ↑ +143% |
| MHealth Network | Commercial|PPO | $840.00 | ↑ +186% |
| Aetna | Commercial|KelseyCare | $896.00 | ↑ +205% |
| KelseyCare | Commercial|All Other Plans | $942.30 | ↑ +221% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $1,079.00 | ↑ +267% |
| Humana | Commercial|HMO | $2,700.00 | ↑ +818% |
| Humana | Commercial|PPO | $2,700.00 | ↑ +818% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Surefit | $3,309.00 | ↑ +1026% |
| Cigna | Commercial|HMO | $3,646.00 | ↑ +1140% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $5,984.00 | ↑ +1935% |
| United | Commercial|Charter | $8,053.00 | ↑ +2639% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $8,949.00 | ↑ +2944% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $8,949.00 | ↑ +2944% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $9,158.00 | ↑ +3015% |
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Rmvl pq iabp at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $294.00 | $67.20 – $840.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $323.88 – $323.88 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | not published | $323.88 – $323.88 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $323.88 – $323.88 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $2,262.94 | $641.17 – $3,205.83 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $177.06 | $36.44 – $265.59 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $126.44 | $25.29 – $158.05 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $2,262.94 | $603.45 – $3,205.83 |