Unit mobile power mpu at Baylor St Luke's Medical Center
1101 Bates Avenue, Houston, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1184622847
$27,224.40
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.
$77,784.00
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.
$13,992.72 with BCBS - TX vs $66,632.00 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.
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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| BCBS - TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange | $13,992.72 | ↓ -49% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange | $13,992.72 | ↓ -49% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|Premier | $17,324.32 | ↓ -36% |
| OPTUM | Medicare|All Plans | $17,990.64 | ↓ -34% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $17,990.64 | ↓ -34% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Surefit | $19,989.60 | ↓ -27% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $19,989.60 | ↓ -27% |
| Cigna | Commercial|HMO | $19,989.60 | ↓ -27% |
| United | Commercial|Charter | $20,655.92 | ↓ -24% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|PPO Trad | $21,988.56 | ↓ -19% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|HMO | $21,988.56 | ↓ -19% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $22,654.88 | ↓ -17% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $22,654.88 | ↓ -17% |
| OPTUM | Medicaid|STAR | $24,107.46 | ↓ -11% |
| TCHPCHIP | Medicaid|HMO | $27,319.12 | ↑ +0% |
| KelseyCare | Commercial|All Other Plans | $27,319.12 | ↑ +0% |
| TCH | Commercial|Transplant | $29,984.40 | ↑ +10% |
| Humana | Commercial|PPO | $29,984.40 | ↑ +10% |
| Humana | Commercial|HMO | $29,984.40 | ↑ +10% |
| United | Commercial|Optum | $31,317.04 | ↑ +15% |
| Shell | Commercial|All Plans | $33,316.00 | ↑ +22% |
| CHC | Medicaid|HMO | $36,647.60 | ↑ +35% |
| TEXASTRUECHOICE | Medicaid|CHIP | $36,647.60 | ↑ +35% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|Transplant | $36,647.60 | ↑ +35% |
| CHC | Medicaid|CHIP | $36,647.60 | ↑ +35% |
| Cigna Lifesource | Commercial|Transplant | $39,979.20 | ↑ +47% |
| Independent Med System | Commercial|All Plans | $39,979.20 | ↑ +47% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $43,310.80 | ↑ +59% |
| Humana | Commercial|Transplant | $43,310.80 | ↑ +59% |
| Coventry | Commercial|PPO | $43,310.80 | ↑ +59% |
| PHCS | Commercial|PPO | $43,310.80 | ↑ +59% |
| PHCS Savility | Commercial|PPO | $43,310.80 | ↑ +59% |
| Interlink | Commercial|Transplant | $46,642.40 | ↑ +71% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|PPO | $46,642.40 | ↑ +71% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Transplant | $46,642.40 | ↑ +71% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|AP3 | $47,975.04 | ↑ +76% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $49,974.00 | ↑ +84% |
| OPTUM | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $55,051.36 | ↑ +102% |
| USA Health Network | Commercial|All Plans | $56,637.20 | ↑ +108% |
| MHealth Network | Commercial|PPO | $66,632.00 | ↑ +145% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Unit mobile power mpu at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $27,224.40 | $13,992.72 – $66,632.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $14,527.03 – $31,870.52 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | not published | $14,527.03 – $31,870.52 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $14,527.03 – $31,870.52 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $16,315.20 | $4,622.64 – $21,753.60 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $18,528.00 | $3,813.68 – $27,792.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $18,528.00 | $3,705.60 – $24,704.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $16,315.20 | $4,350.72 – $21,753.60 |