Ultrasound hips infant dynamic 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

$105.35

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.

$301.00

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.

$33.11 with TCHP vs $618.00 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
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $33.11 ↓ -69%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $33.11 ↓ -69%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $44.37 ↓ -58%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $63.50 ↓ -40%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $80.90 ↓ -23%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $80.90 ↓ -23%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $81.27 ↓ -23%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $82.52 ↓ -22%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $86.58 ↓ -18%
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $88.19 ↓ -16%
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $88.19 ↓ -16%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $88.19 ↓ -16%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $88.19 ↓ -16%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $88.19 ↓ -16%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $88.19 ↓ -16%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $88.31 ↓ -16%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $88.31 ↓ -16%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $89.07 ↓ -15%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $89.95 ↓ -15%
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $89.95 ↓ -15%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $90.84 ↓ -14%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $90.91 ↓ -14%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $92.60 ↓ -12%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $93.03 ↓ -12%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $94.36 ↓ -10%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $94.36 ↓ -10%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $95.77 ↓ -9%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $102.95 ↓ -2%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $105.83 ↑ +0%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $108.41 ↑ +3%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $108.91 ↑ +3%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $110.83 ↑ +5%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $119.06 ↑ +13%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $123.41 ↑ +17%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $123.47 ↑ +17%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $124.59 ↑ +18%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $132.28 ↑ +26%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $132.28 ↑ +26%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $132.28 ↑ +26%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $132.28 ↑ +26%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $132.28 ↑ +26%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $135.27 ↑ +28%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $135.45 ↑ +29%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $135.81 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Optum $141.47 ↑ +34%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $150.50 ↑ +43%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Transplant $159.38 ↑ +51%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $165.55 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $165.55 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $165.55 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $180.60 ↑ +71%
Aetna Commercial|KelseyCare $183.61 ↑ +74%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $195.65 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $195.65 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $195.65 ↑ +86%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $210.70 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $210.70 ↑ +100%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $210.70 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $210.70 ↑ +100%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $213.89 ↑ +103%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $225.75 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $248.69 ↑ +136%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $252.20 ↑ +139%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $252.41 ↑ +140%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $252.41 ↑ +140%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $255.85 ↑ +143%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $279.34 ↑ +165%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $286.62 ↑ +172%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $301.00 ↑ +186%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $325.42 ↑ +209%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $358.40 ↑ +240%
United Commercial|Exchange $414.00 ↑ +293%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $439.78 ↑ +317%
United Commercial|Charter $559.00 ↑ +431%
United Commercial|PPO $618.00 ↑ +487%
United Commercial|HMO $618.00 ↑ +487%

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Ultrasound hips infant dynamic at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $105.35 $24.08 – $301.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $80.90 – $475.49
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $403.88 $83.05 – $504.86
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $474.87 $97.74 – $712.30
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $462.36 $83.05 – $577.95
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $403.88 $83.05 – $504.86
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $474.87 $83.05 – $712.30
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $474.87 $86.58 – $712.30

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