Sincalide 5 mcg solution for injection at Baylor St Luke's Medical Center
1101 Bates Avenue, Houston, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1184622847
$195.02
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.
$557.19
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.
$86.67 with OPTUM vs $321.00 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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| OPTUM | Medicare|All Plans | $86.67 | ↓ -56% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $89.88 | ↓ -54% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange | $91.05 | ↓ -53% |
| United | Commercial|Charter | $105.93 | ↓ -46% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange | $114.32 | ↓ -41% |
| OPTUM | Medicaid|STAR | $116.14 | ↓ -40% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $121.98 | ↓ -37% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $121.98 | ↓ -37% |
| TCHPCHIP | Medicaid|HMO | $131.61 | ↓ -33% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|Premier | $143.66 | ↓ -26% |
| TCH | Commercial|Transplant | $144.45 | ↓ -26% |
| United | Commercial|Optum | $150.87 | ↓ -23% |
| Shell | Commercial|All Plans | $160.50 | ↓ -18% |
| CHC | Medicaid|HMO | $176.55 | ↓ -9% |
| TEXASTRUECHOICE | Medicaid|CHIP | $176.55 | ↓ -9% |
| CHC | Medicaid|CHIP | $176.55 | ↓ -9% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|HMO | $187.16 | ↓ -4% |
| Cigna Lifesource | Commercial|Transplant | $192.60 | ↓ -1% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|PPO Trad | $202.34 | ↑ +4% |
| Humana | Commercial|Transplant | $208.65 | ↑ +7% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $208.65 | ↑ +7% |
| Coventry | Commercial|PPO | $208.65 | ↑ +7% |
| Interlink | Commercial|Transplant | $224.70 | ↑ +15% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|PPO | $224.70 | ↑ +15% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Transplant | $224.70 | ↑ +15% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $240.75 | ↑ +23% |
| OPTUM | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $265.22 | ↑ +36% |
| USA Health Network | Commercial|All Plans | $272.85 | ↑ +40% |
| MHealth Network | Commercial|PPO | $321.00 | ↑ +65% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Surefit | $321.00 | ↑ +65% |
| Cigna | Commercial|HMO | $321.00 | ↑ +65% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $321.00 | ↑ +65% |
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Sincalide 5 mcg solution for injection at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | $952.97 | $143.26 – $1,021.34 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $195.02 | $83.46 – $321.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | $1,664.42 | $143.26 – $1,021.34 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | not published | $110.13 – $1,021.34 |
| HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE | FRIENDSWOOD | $912.87 | $143.26 – $1,021.34 |
| HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD | HUMBLE | $1,695.83 | $110.13 – $1,021.34 |
| HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST | SPRING | $1,591.47 | $143.26 – $1,021.34 |
| St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin | Lufkin | $47.70 | $44.52 – $286.16 |