Unlisted orl service/px 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

$143.85

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.

$411.00

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.

$17.66 with Renaissance vs $620.00 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
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $17.66 ↓ -88%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $24.53 ↓ -83%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $24.53 ↓ -83%
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $24.53 ↓ -83%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $24.53 ↓ -83%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $24.53 ↓ -83%
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $24.53 ↓ -83%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $24.78 ↓ -83%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $25.02 ↓ -83%
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $25.02 ↓ -83%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $25.27 ↓ -82%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $25.76 ↓ -82%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $26.25 ↓ -82%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $26.25 ↓ -82%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $27.13 ↓ -81%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $27.59 ↓ -81%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $29.44 ↓ -80%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $33.12 ↓ -77%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $34.34 ↓ -76%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $36.80 ↓ -74%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $36.80 ↓ -74%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $36.80 ↓ -74%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $36.80 ↓ -74%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $36.80 ↓ -74%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $37.78 ↓ -74%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $41.32 ↓ -71%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $46.44 ↓ -68%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $49.43 ↓ -66%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $71.27 ↓ -50%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Transplant $79.69 ↓ -45%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $79.72 ↓ -45%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $100.00 ↓ -30%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $100.00 ↓ -30%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $100.00 ↓ -30%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $110.97 ↓ -23%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $148.70 ↑ +3%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $168.51 ↑ +17%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $184.95 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Optum $193.17 ↑ +34%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $205.50 ↑ +43%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $226.05 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $226.05 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $226.05 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $246.60 ↑ +71%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $267.15 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $267.15 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $267.15 ↑ +86%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $287.70 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $287.70 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $287.70 ↑ +100%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $287.70 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $308.25 ↑ +114%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $312.36 ↑ +117%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $339.57 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $349.35 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $411.00 ↑ +186%
United Commercial|Exchange $415.00 ↑ +188%
United Commercial|Charter $560.00 ↑ +289%
United Commercial|HMO $620.00 ↑ +331%
United Commercial|PPO $620.00 ↑ +331%

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Unlisted orl service/px at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $143.85 $33.57 – $411.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $53.80 – $53.80
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $53.80 – $53.80
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $53.80 – $53.80
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $343.84 $27.61 – $429.80
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $343.84 $15.43 – $112.47
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