Therapeutic procd strg endur 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

$32.90

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.

$94.00

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.

$11.48 with BCBS - TX vs $2,082.00 with United — 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|Blue Advantage Exchange $11.48 ↓ -65%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $11.68 ↓ -64%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $17.66 ↓ -46%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $19.65 ↓ -40%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $20.92 ↓ -36%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $24.53 ↓ -25%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $24.53 ↓ -25%
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $24.53 ↓ -25%
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $24.53 ↓ -25%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $24.53 ↓ -25%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $24.53 ↓ -25%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $24.78 ↓ -25%
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $25.02 ↓ -24%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $25.02 ↓ -24%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $25.27 ↓ -23%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $25.38 ↓ -23%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $25.76 ↓ -22%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $26.25 ↓ -20%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $26.25 ↓ -20%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $29.44 ↓ -11%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $30.16 ↓ -8%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $33.12 ↑ +1%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $34.01 ↑ +3%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $34.34 ↑ +4%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $36.80 ↑ +12%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $36.80 ↑ +12%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $36.80 ↑ +12%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $36.80 ↑ +12%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $36.80 ↑ +12%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $37.78 ↑ +15%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $38.54 ↑ +17%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $41.32 ↑ +26%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $42.30 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Optum $44.18 ↑ +34%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $47.00 ↑ +43%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Transplant $47.84 ↑ +45%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $51.70 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $51.70 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $51.70 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $56.40 ↑ +71%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $61.10 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $61.10 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $61.10 ↑ +86%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $65.80 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $65.80 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $65.80 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $70.50 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $77.67 ↑ +136%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $79.72 ↑ +142%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $79.90 ↑ +143%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $94.00 ↑ +186%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $94.00 ↑ +186%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $94.00 ↑ +186%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $94.00 ↑ +186%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,392.00 ↑ +4131%
United Commercial|Charter $1,875.00 ↑ +5599%
United Commercial|HMO $2,082.00 ↑ +6228%
United Commercial|PPO $2,082.00 ↑ +6228%

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Therapeutic procd strg endur at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $32.90 $14.21 – $94.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $22.77 – $91.56
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $22.77 – $91.56
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $22.77 – $91.56
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $143.36 $27.61 – $179.21
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $134.49 $27.68 – $201.74
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $119.55 $23.91 – $149.44
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $143.36 $22.77 – $179.21

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