Sleep study unattended 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

$301.70

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.

$862.00

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.

$100.00 with Cigna vs $862.00 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
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $100.00 ↓ -67%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $100.00 ↓ -67%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $100.00 ↓ -67%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $105.89 ↓ -65%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $107.69 ↓ -64%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $112.83 ↓ -63%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $156.71 ↓ -48%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $156.71 ↓ -48%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $156.71 ↓ -48%
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $156.71 ↓ -48%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $156.71 ↓ -48%
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $156.71 ↓ -48%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $158.28 ↓ -48%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $159.84 ↓ -47%
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $159.84 ↓ -47%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $161.41 ↓ -46%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $164.55 ↓ -45%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $167.68 ↓ -44%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $167.68 ↓ -44%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $181.27 ↓ -40%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $188.05 ↓ -38%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $192.94 ↓ -36%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $211.56 ↓ -30%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $219.39 ↓ -27%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $232.74 ↓ -23%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $233.47 ↓ -23%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $235.06 ↓ -22%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $235.06 ↓ -22%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $235.06 ↓ -22%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $235.06 ↓ -22%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $235.06 ↓ -22%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $241.33 ↓ -20%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $278.19 ↓ -8%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $311.88 ↑ +3%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $353.42 ↑ +17%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $387.90 ↑ +29%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Transplant $390.28 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Optum $405.14 ↑ +34%
Humana Commercial|HMO $431.00 ↑ +43%
Humana Commercial|PPO $431.00 ↑ +43%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $431.00 ↑ +43%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $474.10 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $474.10 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $474.10 ↑ +57%
United Commercial|Exchange $475.00 ↑ +57%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $509.31 ↑ +69%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $517.20 ↑ +71%
Aetna Commercial|KelseyCare $525.82 ↑ +74%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $560.30 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $560.30 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $560.30 ↑ +86%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $603.40 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $603.40 ↑ +100%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $603.40 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $603.40 ↑ +100%
United Commercial|Charter $639.00 ↑ +112%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $646.50 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $712.19 ↑ +136%
United Commercial|PPO $713.00 ↑ +136%
United Commercial|HMO $713.00 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $732.70 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $862.00 ↑ +186%

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Sleep study unattended at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $301.70 $100.00 – $862.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $1,323.04 $209.05 – $1,012.47
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $209.05 – $1,012.47
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $209.05 – $1,012.47
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $794.20 $206.06 – $992.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $990.34 $203.85 – $2,062.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $757.21 $151.44 – $2,062.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $794.20 $206.06 – $2,062.00

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