Sarscov coronavirus ag ia 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

$73.85

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.

$211.00

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.

$25.44 with Renaissance vs $211.00 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 $25.44 ↓ -66%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $29.68 ↓ -60%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $30.27 ↓ -59%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $30.27 ↓ -59%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $31.16 ↓ -58%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $35.33 ↓ -52%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $35.33 ↓ -52%
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $35.33 ↓ -52%
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $35.33 ↓ -52%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $35.33 ↓ -52%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $35.33 ↓ -52%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $35.68 ↓ -52%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $36.04 ↓ -51%
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $36.04 ↓ -51%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $36.39 ↓ -51%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $37.10 ↓ -50%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $37.80 ↓ -49%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $37.80 ↓ -49%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $41.61 ↓ -44%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $41.61 ↓ -44%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $41.61 ↓ -44%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $41.61 ↓ -44%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $42.40 ↓ -43%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $42.44 ↓ -43%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $47.70 ↓ -35%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $47.85 ↓ -35%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $49.46 ↓ -33%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $52.99 ↓ -28%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $52.99 ↓ -28%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $52.99 ↓ -28%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $52.99 ↓ -28%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $52.99 ↓ -28%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $54.28 ↓ -26%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $54.41 ↓ -26%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $55.76 ↓ -24%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $55.76 ↓ -24%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $56.97 ↓ -23%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $57.01 ↓ -23%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $62.87 ↓ -15%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $64.08 ↓ -13%
United Commercial|PPO $68.06 ↓ -8%
United Commercial|Charter $68.06 ↓ -8%
United Commercial|HMO $68.06 ↓ -8%
United Commercial|Exchange $68.06 ↓ -8%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $74.63 ↑ +1%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $76.34 ↑ +3%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $86.51 ↑ +17%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $94.95 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Optum $99.17 ↑ +34%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $100.00 ↑ +35%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $100.00 ↑ +35%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $100.00 ↑ +35%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $105.50 ↑ +43%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $114.82 ↑ +55%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $116.05 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $116.05 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $116.05 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $126.60 ↑ +71%
Aetna Commercial|KelseyCare $128.71 ↑ +74%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $129.82 ↑ +76%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $129.82 ↑ +76%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $130.71 ↑ +77%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $137.15 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $137.15 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $137.15 ↑ +86%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $147.70 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $147.70 ↑ +100%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $147.70 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $147.70 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $158.25 ↑ +114%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $173.68 ↑ +135%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $174.33 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $179.35 ↑ +143%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $180.47 ↑ +144%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $211.00 ↑ +186%

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Sarscov coronavirus ag ia at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $73.85 $25.44 – $211.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $32.65 – $79.76
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $29.09 – $74.19
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $29.68 – $79.76
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $60.40 $10.00 – $84.79
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $60.40 $12.00 – $90.60
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $53.26 $12.00 – $84.79
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $60.40 $10.00 – $84.79

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