Set radiation therapy field 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

$4,615.45

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.

$13,187.00

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.

$264.00 with Renaissance vs $13,187.00 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 $264.00 ↓ -94%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $366.66 ↓ -92%
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $366.66 ↓ -92%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $366.66 ↓ -92%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $366.66 ↓ -92%
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $366.66 ↓ -92%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $366.66 ↓ -92%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $370.33 ↓ -92%
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $373.99 ↓ -92%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $373.99 ↓ -92%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $377.66 ↓ -92%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $384.99 ↓ -92%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $392.33 ↓ -91%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $392.33 ↓ -91%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $439.99 ↓ -90%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $491.28 ↓ -89%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $494.99 ↓ -89%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $513.32 ↓ -89%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $549.99 ↓ -88%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $549.99 ↓ -88%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $549.99 ↓ -88%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $549.99 ↓ -88%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $549.99 ↓ -88%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $564.66 ↓ -88%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $566.30 ↓ -88%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $593.63 ↓ -87%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Transplant $664.79 ↓ -86%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $1,084.91 ↓ -76%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $1,191.65 ↓ -74%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $1,563.91 ↓ -66%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $1,739.95 ↓ -62%
United Commercial|Exchange $2,358.00 ↓ -49%
United Commercial|Charter $3,177.00 ↓ -31%
United Commercial|PPO $3,527.00 ↓ -24%
United Commercial|HMO $3,527.00 ↓ -24%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $3,560.49 ↓ -23%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $3,692.36 ↓ -20%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $4,087.97 ↓ -11%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $4,771.06 ↑ +3%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $5,406.67 ↑ +17%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $5,406.67 ↑ +17%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $5,934.15 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Optum $6,197.89 ↑ +34%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $6,593.50 ↑ +43%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $7,252.85 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $7,252.85 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $7,252.85 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $7,912.20 ↑ +71%
Aetna Commercial|KelseyCare $8,044.07 ↑ +74%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $8,571.55 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $8,571.55 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $8,571.55 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $9,230.90 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $9,230.90 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $9,230.90 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $9,230.90 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $9,890.25 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $10,895.10 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $11,208.95 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $13,187.00 ↑ +186%

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Set radiation therapy field at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $8,925.00 $749.20 – $7,107.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $4,615.45 $597.72 – $13,187.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $749.20 – $7,107.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $749.20 – $7,107.00
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $669.97 $189.82 – $915.33
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $960.78 $197.76 – $1,441.17
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,159.03 $231.81 – $1,448.79
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $669.97 $178.66 – $915.33

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