Shave sgl skin lsn t/a/l 0.6-1.0cm 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

$143.85

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.

$411.00

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.

$58.49 with BCBS - TX vs $2,700.00 with Humana — 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
BCBS - TX Commercial|Transplant $58.49 ↓ -59%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $110.97 ↓ -23%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $140.00 ↓ -3%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $143.29 ↓ -0%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $146.77 ↑ +2%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $148.70 ↑ +3%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $154.00 ↑ +7%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $160.75 ↑ +12%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $168.51 ↑ +17%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $184.95 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Optum $193.17 ↑ +34%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $199.02 ↑ +38%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $199.02 ↑ +38%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $199.02 ↑ +38%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $199.02 ↑ +38%
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $199.02 ↑ +38%
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $199.02 ↑ +38%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $201.01 ↑ +40%
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $203.00 ↑ +41%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $203.00 ↑ +41%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $204.99 ↑ +43%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $205.50 ↑ +43%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $208.97 ↑ +45%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $212.95 ↑ +48%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $212.95 ↑ +48%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $226.05 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $226.05 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $226.05 ↑ +57%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $238.82 ↑ +66%
Independent Med System Commercial|All Plans $246.60 ↑ +71%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $246.60 ↑ +71%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $267.15 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $267.15 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $267.15 ↑ +86%
PHCS Commercial|PPO $267.15 ↑ +86%
PHCS Savility Commercial|PPO $267.15 ↑ +86%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $268.68 ↑ +87%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $278.63 ↑ +94%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $287.70 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $287.70 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $287.70 ↑ +100%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $287.70 ↑ +100%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $291.80 ↑ +103%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $298.53 ↑ +108%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $298.53 ↑ +108%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $298.53 ↑ +108%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $298.53 ↑ +108%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $298.53 ↑ +108%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $300.30 ↑ +109%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $306.49 ↑ +113%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $308.25 ↑ +114%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $312.36 ↑ +117%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $339.57 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $349.35 ↑ +143%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $356.45 ↑ +148%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $384.41 ↑ +167%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $387.00 ↑ +169%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $411.00 ↑ +186%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $646.82 ↑ +350%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $1,361.70 ↑ +847%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,452.00 ↑ +909%
United Commercial|Charter $1,955.00 ↑ +1259%
United Commercial|PPO $2,172.00 ↑ +1410%
United Commercial|HMO $2,172.00 ↑ +1410%
Humana Commercial|HMO $2,700.00 ↑ +1777%
Humana Commercial|PPO $2,700.00 ↑ +1777%

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Shave sgl skin lsn t/a/l 0.6-1.0cm at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $143.85 $110.97 – $411.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $358.20 – $358.20
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $202.56 – $304.03
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $304.03 – $304.03
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $281.55 $57.95 – $495.95
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $266.02 $53.20 – $495.95
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $281.55 $85.00 – $495.95
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $281.55 $145.47 – $495.95

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