Tc-99m sestamibi p study dose 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

$199.85

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.

$571.00

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 $571.00 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|PPO $100.00 ↓ -50%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $100.00 ↓ -50%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $100.00 ↓ -50%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $122.52 ↓ -39%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $153.83 ↓ -23%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $154.17 ↓ -23%
United Commercial|Exchange $159.88 ↓ -20%
United Commercial|Charter $188.43 ↓ -6%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $193.30 ↓ -3%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $206.59 ↑ +3%
United Commercial|HMO $216.98 ↑ +9%
United Commercial|PPO $216.98 ↑ +9%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $234.11 ↑ +17%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $251.84 ↑ +26%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $256.95 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Optum $268.37 ↑ +34%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $272.26 ↑ +36%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $285.50 ↑ +43%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $314.05 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $314.05 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $314.05 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $342.60 ↑ +71%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $371.15 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $371.15 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $371.15 ↑ +86%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $399.70 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $399.70 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $399.70 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $428.25 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $471.77 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $485.35 ↑ +143%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $538.00 ↑ +169%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $571.00 ↑ +186%

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Tc-99m sestamibi p study dose at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $199.85 $100.00 – $571.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $240.23 – $1,247.69
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $240.23 – $1,247.69
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $109.62 $31.06 – $155.29
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $109.62 $22.56 – $164.43
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $109.62 $21.92 – $137.03
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $109.62 $29.23 – $155.29
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $109.62 $35.19 – $164.43

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